HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-10-04, Page 123,2 The goderiell l•gnalii.Star, Thursday, October 4th, 1962 with a dash and daring worthy
„sx - ,-2.!•,-„ of more heroic feats. And every
year 5ome kid tries to throw
1 .. the teacher by asking him to
• ' spell -!aantidisestablishmentar,
ianism” and explain what it
means..
On second thought, English
is a fascinating Jangiyage, with
a bold, vivid coloring all its
.own, and I reckon I'd rather
teach it than anything else.
Occasionally,' one comes across
a student with those rare twin
gifts—an ear for language and
a joy in the manipulation of
_words. When that happens, it
makes up for a host of head-
aches. it
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And where else could one
come across such delightful
miscues as that of the boy who
wrote, "They came withing a
hare's breath of success?"
And where else could you
find a language that could con-
ceivably spell -"fish" as "photi?"
Just pronounce it ph as in
physics, o as in women, and ti
as in nation. Fish.
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." Rev. Father Edwin Malak, priest at St. Augustine Roman Cath-
olic Church, stands at the front door of the bUilding which will
• observe its 60th anniversary next year. It was on May 3, 1903,
that the cornerstone of the building was laid. Father Malak was
appointed to elle St. Augustine charge on July ilst last, coming
here ,.from Leamington. A veteran of World War II, he served
as a padre in the 8th British Army. He is a native of Poland.
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SUGAR
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SPICE
num= By Bill Smiley
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• Once in a while, I lose heart.lfrain from writing things like.
Most of the time, I roll with !"I seen in a book were theirs
the punches, smile wryly, admit I no people on the moon, like.'
that Rome wasn't built in a .
day. and go right on trying to
instill in youngsters some know- In addition, I try, gently but
ledge of their native tdngue. tpersistentlY, to lead them away
from such gruesome slips as,
"If babies don't like raw vege-
But occasionally, I stride from tables, they should be .boiled;"
•The classroom, go barreling in -
lo the men teachers' washroom,
fiercely suck on a cigarette, and
stare morosely into the toilet
bowl, wondering how I was
ever finagled into the teaching
of English.
' It's a crazy language. Oh, I'll
dmit it's strong, virile, color.
ful, flexible and often beautiful.
-gut it's also inconsistent, ir
regular, insane and intimidating.
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Compared to the soldierly
march, the regular formations
of Latin, English is a disorderly
stream of refugees. Comparea
to the lucidity, logic and pre- They try,
cision of French, English is the bless them..
flight of a bat. knot with strain
you that
What other language, for ex, parts of
ample. would have five differ- cling, clang, clung.
-ent promineiations for "ough"f• roll in their -heads -as -they -spell
and that old favorite, ..the clang -
ring participle, which calmly
states, ifSitting on the veranda,
40 cows were seen."
I don't blame the youngsters.
Many of them are exposed to
sparse - vocabularies andany-
thing-goes grammar not only
at .home, but on television, and
in the movies they see and"
junk they read. They can
scarcely be expected to acquire
impeccable spoken and written
English in a few hours at school
each week.
* * *
though. They try,
Their foreheads
as they tell
the three, principal
the verb "cling" are
Their eyes
Count them: bough, cough,
'dough, enough and through.
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'What other language would
pronounce read, said and led
exactly alike? Or would pro-
nounce two words of totally dif-
ferent appearance, "you" and
"ewe", identically? Or would
have' four utterly useless and
unpronounced k's in such wordi
knickkm.ck? 1
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En"' that's enuff of that
slocie.h. I'm too busy trying t
' pea the language to have.,any
. • tinY, fer'reforming it. I doni`
rn-A11-1-7elr
is that lids in high school -ston
saying things like, "I wooda if
1 cooda"; eliminate the "this-
;
• _ here" and the that there
from their vcrtabulary., and re-
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113 ALWAYS
FAIR WEATH fR
It's a grand old tongue, and
1 think that if I just put my
shoulder to the wheel, carry
the ball with my nose to the
grindstone, and hit the odd
home run, 1 should -be able to
go down with my flags flying.
JUDGE FINGLAND HAS
RESUMED HIS SITTINGS
County Judge Frank Fing-
land, recently recovered from
an extended illness, last week
held his „court sessions in the
council chamber at the Gode-
rich Municipal building.
Reason for the change of
venue was given as ktemporary
malfunction of the heating sys-
tem at Huron 'County Court
House. Judge Fingland was
given permision to use the town
hall facilities pending repairs
the odif House.-
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t.IG FISH
Ernie Aelf.d11,' Of LucknoW,
landed a big pike at 'airy. Lake
just east .of Lucknow recently.
It weighed 19142 pounds and
was 44 inches long.
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FOR.A
4GREENER THUMB
By G. MacLeod Ross
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. Flower Show Organization
The recently published 0%
tario Horticultural Association
Report for 196kcontains, among-
st other things, some sugges-
tions for altering and improv-
ing the pattern of our flower
shows 'which • deserve consider-
ation. The Midland .Society dis-
covered that the key to their
success was to be found in pub-
licity. They gave a tree to the
town and the Mayor and Coun-
cillors were asked to be on
hand. Press and radio were
also there when the Mayor ac-
cepted and planted the tree.
This sounds extremely cheap
at the pr'ice. They decided to
renounce the name ,"flower
show" and at the planting cere-
mony 'announced a Festival of
Flowers for August. Members
sent along complimentary flow-
er arrangements to various ban-
quets in the town. Interviews
were given to press and radio
to tell the public what the so-
ciety was .doing. For the - Fes-
tival, neighboring societies were
invited to share. Service clubs
were invited to enter non-com-
petitive exhibits using their
emblems or -rests done in flow-
ers. Flower arranging demon-
strations were given during the
afternoon and evening sessions.
The Mayor ,opened the Festival.
Honorable mention ribbons were
given to those who were fourth
and fifth in the classes. They
snggest a Court of. Honor, a
section in which ,all , the first
prize exhibitSJirrevery class are
collected am' displayed togeth-
er. There is no reason why a
horticultural society should take'
a back seat. Most of them are
larger than any service clubs
and all render 'service to the
public in devoting their funds
and effort's to the beautification
of the town.
James Burston, his paper,
suggested demonstrations of the
uses* of flowers and plants in
social and home life as being
likely to excite more lay inter-
est than a purely competitive
show. He also suggested a, de-
monstration of the preparation
of vegetables for cooking. This
sounds like a very courageous
suggestion which only a man
-would dare to make. I can see
the arguments ,lasting far into
the night.
He stresses the need for the
class list to be full and com-
plete in stating -611 the require-
ments for a given class and sug-
gests that in basket classes the
number of blooms required be
specified. The maximum height
,and width of each basket and
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arraiigement must be stated s�
as toease the judging- and les-
sen discogtent amongst exhib-
itors. lie says it is well to have
separate classes for the ex-
hibitors with large gardens and
unlimited material and those
with a small garden and few
flowers, A suggested form of
advertising for the show is to
place an attractive arrange-
ment in basket or vase in a
store window for a few days
before the event. One mot im-
portant provision which is never
given by our society is space in
which exhibitors of arrange-
ments may give last minute
touches to their work-- It is,
impossible to carry all arrange-
ment even a mile,let alone ten,
and keep it in , condition. A
time saver when ,receiving the
exhibits on the show day is to
issue the class tickets to ex-
hibitors on application, so that
they can all them ''in at home
and present them with their ex-
hibits.
oi,the helpers rekeiv-
ing exh IN they would simply
hand in a
i
st of the classes in
which they have entered. A
good innovation in our August
show was the cards stating
what each class represented.
Yon cannot expect he public to
know from a class number what
they are looking at.
-Burston has a good deal to Say
about ,selecting andpreparing
exhibits. Plants • growing ex-
hibition blooms should be water-
ed two or three days.,prior to
the show. Flowers should be
cut in the evening before or
early the following morning be-
fore the sun is on them. Have
pail of water by you as you
cut. Roses and gladioli should
be cut just as the outer petals
begin to unfold and be allowed
to. open in a cool shaded spot.
It is not necessarily the largest
bloom that is desirable. ••'Some
flowers have lost freshness and
color when they have attained
their greatest size. NIFreshness
is the most important factor
witb the bloom approaching its
peak, rather than just having
passed it. Color intensity
should be natural, not streaked
or bleached by exposure to
fieayy rain, strodg sunshine or
over fertilization. Shape should
be- perfect, free of Malformed
petals. Foliage sheuld be
clean, healthy and free from
disease. If the class calls for
more then one specimen of a
variety in a container, they
should be nearly uniform in
size and form.
LIQUOR VOTES
Wingham decisively turned
down the establishment of cock-
tail lounges and dining lounges
in Wingham in a liquor refer-
endurrilptd in that town. Sim-
ilar voting is to be held at
,Lucknow on October 22 and
Exeter on February 11.
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