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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1964-02-13, Page 4kt -1--,44344', a R >? Ye POrtuirl!' 4 •, •r s, raw reachta+di,a. s rs 1n• Busincss. •Without ' Iii ai e, some big t'essor he had a• student who e9iper4o have , gun a', vie- seemed to be just the sort of crops '009 t ,to draw Che cream .man he wanted. Well, the sbu. dent was French-Canadian;, ' of -c ttrAse., :ik f el gota rant speak English„ but his name was-,,. - , J .. F __ S ah�on:-'--�fhirs;~-�pu;�- my friend in an awkward position. "You see; business firms are not merely lookin•Q for bright Frenc1r,-Oanaidians, they are look. ing for people who are, obvious- ly French,;canadians; they want the .public to see what good corporate citizens they are by hiring and promoting the, sons of this province, If the peten- tial executive's name is Boudrias or Laliberte, • everything's fine, but if ithappens to .be Johnson -or O'Neill, he doesn't suit the purpose.quire so well." of, ;young leneh Canada into R • as perhaps the ,mai instep. in (a ' deliberate campaign• to' sbu',,' clineand for all, the no -- tion that 4he "world of big' bust. Hess is only for the ,EngUsh- speaici.n> in Canada, c `tench -q noadian nationalism is spurring ,many firms tat' a 'fregh concern for their rpublie an},age in. Quebec. EngiishTapeakicrg Ibusinesseilen are'trying to look' at themselves through the eyes., of the -French= :'peaking majority in Quebec province. -- What -they -see -ts•se me•--sart--ef- se perpetuating, exclus7ivE Eng- , Ii. b epeaking club running the ' , Can't Meet Demand economy of the 'tprovinCe. Prof. Armstrong says the de - Wand young Jrtenclr=Ca - adians in business "has increas- S . Wil.,.: 'A few years ago this demand' was virtually non-existent. Big 'cunipahies; even-- nose ---witch head office or large operations WWhet+ber• or' .noe-fii'iTs1rrt f. picture now, they are -trying to the 4uture.. One businessman put h this " "Responsible French - Canad- c ians are • saying their people .in Quebec, saw; th'emsel•ves get - 'have been subjugated, that they .ting along, nicely . wit h o u t have -been denied equal,...opgor-" French. Why bother to change? , u- Qua.tiasthlymirelhe economic sphere. "As 'far as' employment 'poli; EW.;hether • the. charge , is entirely cies were, -concerned, these com- tntie Qr snot clad L matter g.anies_ owed. • harfily. a .l "The important point is that awareness of the,,„e4ktence" of they believe it latae true, There French-speaking institu ions Of it is ezp to us.. the'business corn- hieher learning. munity, to demonstrate -con vine- "This has changed dramatic- , ingls that in French Canada „we ally. Now the demand for twatat oto be, part Of French French-Canadians in the ma'n- • Canada." . agerial and technical sectors of Some' Are Plasty, ,business and ,industry greatly •Itt most cases the• search for i etcceeds the, supply. The situa- • what might be cabled a bicul-tion has changed s6 much that tttral identity seems to•, be . pat" •jobs are going' begging even lent and'-cardfw lsu'• -there is,.! when there are English-.Canad- °here and there,a suggess't;on of i fans available to fill them." ' • -great haste :to become surer ' At Laval, Emile 'Simard,,, dir- I'rench -Canadian t t'n a n the ector of placement, says big Fcemch-Canatanst'henn5elves. (business has-been increasing its Professor D. E. Armstrong, campus recruiting annually for head of • McGill -University's r the last few years, . There were - ,commerce faculty; o• tells of al a record 174 companies based i4lontre'al business firm :that ion the •cain'pus last spring and went. to Laval, in Quebec City, j he expects at' least as•:.many 'to French Canada's senior •tltnivers• be chasing -the 1964 'graduates. " ity, looking 'for a young Men to I "Although .Laval^•had 1,300 ' join the ranks of its executive l ,graduates last spring, we were trainees. !positively amazed at how, far ";The .employer, a • friend of l this fell short of the demand." p ° v � - At theUniversity-- �1<Tontreal )• tb a Laval • t a -i r .train , as to d ..1.. _i_.. y , � - � ,.., . ,�• 4343,* m.. . a'•.-:7i�+`6'1, 4 F'>:'�.+so�^L •aarua•r 7.r..szq�,,•.., wJ"awn ' :sF447•s�.r 44rrjmatiz'A3.S•+c±maane 1 by W. W. H4ysom your telephone• UPCOMING TV SPECIALS _ w Lovers of good musicwill want to watch for two television Y�` ,.. -Qrl9t7'i'eldr' the next few weeks. On Wednesday, February 19, at • 9:30 p.m., six recognized young stars of the music world, including the assistant conductors of both the Montreal, and Toronto " Symphony Orchestras, will be featured in a program entitled "'Young Canadians in Concert." Then, two weeks later - Wednesday, March' .4, at 9:30 p.m. - the Bell will sponsor the TV presentation of ' the Montreal Symphony Orchestra widerming Richard Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben" (A Hero's �,•..-.Lffe)_under the_ dirrectian_of_Conductor_Z,uhin.-..Mebta.,._..FJlmed- and recorded at Montreal's proud Place des Arts during the 30th anniversary concert of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the program capture; a full richness of sound for 47 minutes of uninterrupted musk, and also highlights en' interview •with • atductor Mehta. •: el largest Freneh: ape.aking unilrers ity ' irk Canada, 130 companies were -registered last year •and placement director Marcel Clow tier expects the numbed; wig exceed- 150- Ibe:fore -the the ,106,3-64 term. IY1Tave neV•.er sedR Ka#lY tin g like it. The Competition -among the ,federal government, the Quebec -government and private business and industry for our graduates is fierce." - • In this competition the 'fed- eral governsrient has been far. ing, rather (badly!. "The' ,federal civil • service. hasn't been so 'popular with our students in the last couple of Year°s," says Mr. Cloutier. "So -far this year we have more students lined up 'for jobs in Africa than in Ottawa. "Those who are interested in c-ivii-mseruice:-.careers--seem to think .they will find InoJre chal- lenge and opportunity in ' Que- o must emphasize, is quite a 4new trend _ alid-W isn't_ . necessarily. permanent. The federal govern- ment'.•is Making greater efforts to find ,bilingual people and it could .be getting its share again in another two or three Years." iI - • Outsiders - -1n , Race At Quebec's newest French speaking'university, the 10 -year-. Old University of Sherbrook, the number of companies seek= frig graduates has, lumped to 50 'from 30 in the bast . year•, And they're not exclusively Que- babased firms. Placerment director Gaetan Beachesne, whose lob didn't exist until last year ibecause there was no need for it,' say§ one company .with its head of- fice in Hamiltons came to Sher- r Brooke in search of personnel... "The situation now is •far bet- ter than we had foreseen," he says, "The oe has definitely been more thought given to the -French-Canadian by employers," Agree" this is' sol one busi- ncss 'executive say's: "When 4; French -,Canadiaps complain about lack of oppor- tunity, I think they are pointing• the finger at us, the business comm'uwf Ilfhtere,"*IswevwfunikittPlifey- t' m y• _ 'xw claiming to clack" opportunity? They don't (lack it in the pro- fessions.. The vast majority of clergy-, doctors, lawyer's, teach- ers and dentists in Q'tiebec:.are French, and this-is"`getting`,to be true of engineers and archi- tects as well. "They don't lack itin ,govern- ment service. They ceratinly don't lack it,in the arts; in .fact. they have tinore opportunities at home in .that field'than Englisth- Oanadia•ns•' -..,,,thishiarlfirtqfP79MtWolf the' field of ,business and industry as the ,field ' where, with a few exceptions, they have not found a road to the 'top." • rK ANSWERER Whenever u're looking for information; you have variety of sou o turn to, depending On the nature of your 'guest. • There's the 'dictionary 'or encyclopedia -' .. , newspapers and magazines- .. . radio awl TV . . . maps, cookbooks, -bus schedules ete, etc. etc. . . .- AND; of course, the telephone. And it's the telephone you reach for -most often - when you • want information in a ^hurry •= informa•tibn such as, is Mary 'Ellen's birthday tomorrbw (horrors!) or next week? . . . how do you -get to the, Johnson house? ...,what's the latest stock • quotation?... what tune does the movie begin? . , . who's going to bring the 'youngsters back from ' the party? ' Isn't it a fact;. though?' Day after day it's the telephone that helps you get the answer you need to schedule your activities and keep 'you informed. 4: , . w...t Y�'Aw '.Mr_t6Gry 11.1^x'!-v.4L >•h x. .�a to 14:11.- «,t' -»,t UESTION The hospital switchboard operator advised; the' caller that the,palient in, 618 was not yet receiving calls. "Well, can yob tell' me how Mess. Smith is getting along?" inquired the caller. , "Surely," ,eplied` the operator: "She ,had her operation -• this morning and is doing extremely well, according to my card. May I tell her who called; please?" • ' "Oh, that won't be necessary," came the answer. "This is -Mrs. Smith in 618. 1 just wanted to find out how I, am. 'hank you." • ri • FLOWER SHOP Phone 8132 h , DAY OR• • Agent for ' 24 -hr. FILM DEVELOPING 'ac PP By- - Bill Smiley sum A t-IISTORY LESSON Fireifening 11:' 1s O discover I ,• he ideas some kids are picking Lip in school these .s. ot` pinto I. g ..orae• insight into the sheer wildness of it when I was hedp- Ing youngIim with her history the other day. . r She is 12 years old, an aver- age kid by most standards, a very bright one by those of her parents. She's . In Grade 8, 1 was reading from her history notebook and • asking her clues - ?ions based on the notes she had made. * First, I:: asked, what did the early pi eir homes out of? The .4swer came smartly: "-the • earliest -!hones ere' ttle1'mor t,~ ' •!f , but soon tihe pioneers began building with lumber; stucco, brick -and stone. 1 asked -1f ' %there they .got, these materials. "In the• -fields," was the answer. * a.fb Baffled, 1 looked in her notes. There it was: "Soon the settlers began, to, "build houses out oT lumfie�; "rlc-'r 4: $tucco • and stone from their- fields." 1 had quite en argument before convincing her that lumber, stucco and brick do not grow iii fields. ,t *:: - next, .1 shot 'cher a question on the harvesting of ,grain in the early days. Her note book stated' that "tihe ' grain went through many painful • pro- cesses," It went on to say that, the grain was threshed and winnowed,' and then •was taken to the ground at "sawmills and grist -mill's, rpreferabily grist.' Painful, indeed, putting grain through a',sawmill.• A little later i came across the startling ' information than during the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada, William *Lyon Mackenzie's.; rebels had been defeated by 30 men "at• Maple Leaf 'Gardens." its-t�. i. aw m `rvimnls�r� "t'' -`>.•....`y"' «•M-..,•., ,. /WPI.''^.�'�7,•Is`i11Kmm'fi'7GY�P?�7(hT'gLTGSmNiT71���t�N^ Frankly, . I was appalled, and slight y •deliglited, 'What an in- teresting • way to learn -history! Then, pursuing cher notes, I was informed • Wxat...Lerd,-.S ykirk,. trying to, establish his commun- ities in what is now Manitoba, got into .a squabble with the Northwestern Fur Traduig4Cem- pany, and "carelessly :captured Fort William. How ' do ' gbu capture a place ;carelessly? , After the Initial shock wore off, it occurred to Me that my daughter,didn't know limestone from fieldstone; „that she really had no Idea where bricks and stucco 'came from; that she .didn't_ _even.. kmow_.in►hat:..a.--say mil was; , that She didn't real- ize that, while the NHL is adept at crushing rebels, it was not in., -•existence. -in 183Z; 'and_tha she hadlust thrown that' ad- jective "carelessly:' in .through o,"1'plrit�s an • a co pIete ignorance of ' who Lord Se$.kirk ._wets, a-nd where -F ••rt Witham is;' .' not trying to blame her, teacher:, Hake` i forbid. The kids are to blame. They copy tuff down -from the . textbook, leave-out•'tfwerd, ,u"i add• -tile, and the results are hilarious. They are over -awed and ' over- wlhehned -by, facts, and are much more' interested in "what?"' than. in "why?". 4: Secondly, '1 blame their par- ents, people like me, who are "too busy". • to' find out what they ,are learning, and to cor- rect such garbled nonsense. 4 * ar CHECK IT OUT Check your son's homework, and you'll find shim writing this sort of thing, especially if he learned to spell phonetically, "He krept koshusly threw the nite, tra,ng to peer into the fog. Have a look• at your daugh- -ter's ,-arithmetic. You'll learn that she has just , sold twelve pounds of butter ^ for $19;844 In short, Dad, have' a look. It will shake you rigid. Matting, Barley. Contracts • Seed and Fertilizer Supplied BETZE - 'Yields Good ' - Grades Well •r- -High Test Weight " do LH Straw ,env. With increased demand for 2 -Rowed Barley for Malting, we again offer this excellent variety. Bean Seed Excellent quality Ontario . Registered "Seaway, • grown, from -Foundation Stock: Michigan Certified' . Sanilac Seed Beans Bean Contracts Available Seed and .Fertilizer Supplied Excellent Bean Demand Creates Good ' Prices ' Consider Beans as • Cask Crop • 11111®®r rrr : • Thum by G. Bats At Buckingham ,Has anyone sigh!toda bat in Pmekingliam Palace Gardens? In -St; -James- and ---Hyde Paries;- yes,'but although • •• gardeners and„ policemen 'have been dn- terrogated,• even 'besought to keep a watch, no single bat has been observed. Will all those diligent "attenders of Garden Parties, Levees, even seiches, at, the Palace please keep an eye open and "report any observations pronto? All this is , apropos of a sud- den • realization which , came upon the natural history ex-, pests some four years ago.' It vvas- that'.-:tihe•._ 40,,•.acr-es:••a><hich- comrprise the Buckingham Pal- ace gardens constitute the last unexplored, (green, plot in, the hu .y bur-ly; VAhith -goes--by the name of Central London. Imx • e _ e cilli _..*hen . b e fifteen gentlemen involved, all experts in a :particular 'form of ur€€ -became, - conscious. - of. what might prove to be the last hiding place of some of the species whidh have disappear - fibril our ken over the past - 125 years. For while the Palace `was built i ti -171113 f mulberry grove by a Duke of Buckingham, it did not become , , MacLEOD ROSS -late residence of royalty until 1837. - The -only -par, to 'mind is in 'the pockets of grou'hd in the Bruce Peninsula which tvvere scraped ' over but not out by tthe• receding glaciers of the "ice age 'which a ,ownts for the apparent m}splacement of so many, rare plants. Since tbiologyand royalty seemed sudh queer tbedfeNows it was natural tthat, intense dis- cretion had to be exercised by these 'gentlemen, 'naturalists e11, fellows of the Royal, Soeh ty, professors • of arachnology, etpi- doptery, graminalogy, ftlicalol- agar; ?n+ '-tame iiteof-tne: •.b1Ats: and the bees, 'mushrooms and the fish in the lake. . In a _word great scientific •seriousn-rl-othed-nth' prQ j'ec from its 'outset. And because ..s....stxa> g ounce lou easily • be exploited, vulgarized, • , nay ,commercialized, the results' bo '''he ' published -in -December next will only be for restricted scttnbifict'm eir uIatioln: "�� •'�"'a`,. Then anti only 'then Bucking- ham Palace may take_itsw place as a natural history •name with ich to: conjure alongsid4e .Sei- e , C•ta ,_.,1slancf , Thoreau s Walden etnd; , who knows, Point Farm Provincial Park, Some of the men -involved. are, ¢Qr example, 'rDavid McCiin• took, who is co-author .of ' Col- lins Guider to Wild Flowers. The torp insei t man is 4Profes-• son O W. iftidhards.. land- the- spidermaster Dr.. W.' Bristowe. No, observxtinns' take place wh111e royalty is in residence and this has seriously cramped the style of 'the, observers of hym'enonryeebae, known vulgarly as mushrooms. It so happens that tihe Court returns from Balmoral just as the mushrooms and toadstools are coming Op and it remains in. residence until the frost, by •witich„ time tall trace of the • mushroom -IS ;*be. haS disc eat ,ed. , ; • in ►nseg4ence els Keele titre". :on n s+hr* d Olb�atlons are ems, spotty, ,• :,ado'r'n t ", y.'4ay but the in-: trt,pid tbird?ineb: have men the gardens as early • as two -hours before dawn, sitting cud- dling their thermos (bottles and- noting, nd"notintg, the last of 'the insect men retreating for a day's sleep bemuse these' last prefer :to works by night and ego in fox a` • latoof torch flashing. Themasses of record exist- i'ng on Regent's Park, Trafalgar Square and tihe , arches under. the Strand have never enlisted a team dike .this :one, nor, 'have the records been co-ordinated as these ;willbe. ' , So, 'if you -happen to be Watch, ing the changing •of the Guard this summer, be sure to book oat too for- some of the micro- fni nta which this intrepid team of scientists may have missed in the drank dr-hetrween royal visitations and x'eport your fine' ings to one or other of the gentlemen mentioned - above. J. SAVE! SAVE!'SAVE' TRADE IN ALLOWANCE 50 For Your Old Wooden Frame ON: A NEW ALUMINUM WINDOW, TRADE IN ALLOWANCE . -5 0 For Your Old Wooden 'Storm Door• ON A NEW ALUMINUM DOOR NO MONEY DOWN • `Nothing To Pay 'tii June 1/64. 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