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• Once in,. a while, it is 'the"
- ..toodeeforttine eof en Englisth
teacher. to come across,, a fresh,
original piece of writing' by a
student.
41 When he does, it'sa drink
of* cold, pure water after days
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of wandering in thp desert of
mangled syntax, crucified spell-
ing, howling triteness and .tor-
tured thinking •through which
it has been ordained that he
'should plod. It happened to
methis week.
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At first, ,I-theught my judg-
ment alight be prejudiced, be-
cause I was 'quite fond of the
`7 youngster in question.- I read
soundeclegood.
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To make sure, I had it mim-
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Grade 13 stiodPnts, as a piece
-for-critical analysis. Their
snOts and giggles coYfirmed
•L` My first impression. Then we
discussed—it- - in depth. They
could find little 'wrong with if.
It had unity, coherence and em -
The tone was consist-
ent. :; Well; here it isjmp.
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you think.
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The title was: The Wander-
ings of a Ten -Miler
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"My mother was ,extremely.
large and could make only loud,
• whirring sounds in her throat.'
The thing that puzzles' mg is
how 1 turned out so thin when
she is such a fatso.
A"Anyway, when I popped out
feeling like a wet piece of cab-
ebage, a Jong, dark man with
401elatle mole beneath his left
, eye clutched me and cried, 'Oh,
'darling George.' He and' the
rest of the -boys kissed me all
mere evee 'on the Queen's head.
I was later to discover that- I
had the honor of being tile first
bill in an evil batch of. counter -
f.eit money. I 'was the one, who
Would set the plot in •motion.,
and traded for more chterettes.
The stere owner' grabbed me
and yelled, 'The Queen doesnft
have that many bumps on her.
nose.' The trail was hot,. '
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"Well, my boys were found.
Unfortunatelye,they tied already
died from luieancer 'because
they had smoked so -Many cig-
arettes when setting bills in
motion:
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I•'write this while sitting
amidst coals in a large furnace.
The penetrating heat is begin-
nif Stifle- me. My breath
is coming shorter, the happy
hunting grounds are coming
nearer.
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the _moral or my story
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Counterfeit money;'-rnake only
-one bump on the -Queen's nose
and 'always buy gum, not eigar-
ettes'."
The, above 'essay. was writteif
by my daughter Kim, age 12,
Grade S. A' chip off the old
crock? I'M only- surprised ' that
"First of all I was given to
an. unsuspecting old lady for a
packet of •cigarettes. The de-
crepit old, woman hesitantly
handed them the change, all in
nickels. 'They then. turned and
scampered out, leaving' me to
face the consequences: It turn-
ed out that the old lady was a
trifle goofy. '
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"One fine day she traded inc
for pennies, all pennies. I was
Pushed Wildly into the -buyer's
„pocket, where I met a girl ten -
dollar bill. It was so eosy and
dark in' there' that' I have to
admit Iegazaelittle fresh. •
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• "Suddenly I was jostled out
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Goderich. Rotarians learned
about Interacle.Rotary Interne-
tionare- now -este youth service
project at Tuesday's luncheon
•meeting last, week.
London 40,erian Jack Struth-
ers, who organized the London
Interact Club, was guest speak-
er. Mr, Struthers is general
sales manager of Trans -Canada
Airlines in London, Ontario.
Among the objectives of In-
teract, he sad, is the opening
of avenues of'personal and cor-
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prpi ct: interact
poration action leading to the, 1;30(.1,• with coin boxee not yet
advancement - of international deflected', and returns cirom
understanding and geode/All to. Aubtirn to come. '
ward all "people. • "We eonsider that •the cm
"Ia a highly explosive °con- paign was a re.soending'eacceas,
oir4e prosperitY," said . Mr. Mr. Rowlands said, "and a tre.
Strut,h.ers, ‘`eve Would do some-
thing to help youth build a more
'peaceable type wlrid."
Resoundiee Succiss.
Past president Ed. Ro*lapds
reported briefly on tire Mardi
of Dimes. -Collections counted
earlier In the day 'totalled
oderich Guides to host
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Guides Irene
Centralia, Seaforth,. Bayfield
and- Bressels-will be the guests
of the Gadeefigeh_greekdeir is
ur. at Knox .„Chural when
a, Camp, Fire Training for Pat-
rol Leaders of Huron Divisicir
Tiger Dunlop
her -second -last sentence didn't
say, "My Wreath is coming in
short pants."
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The monthly-. meeting of the
tJ.C.W. of Victoria 'Street
Church was held in the church
hall , fast Thursday aiiernoon.
There were, ten inembers and
one. visitor present. The meet-
ing was opened by the Unit
leader, 'ell's. T.
The mipeas,leefeeele-Lek .met ,
Mrs. J. Vincent, and
This was followed by the roll
call. Mrs. N. McKinnonewas in
charge of the devotional period.
Scripture was read by 'Mrs. J.
H: Mctionald. The Offering was
taken and dedicated. Mrs. Mc-
Kinnon gave a suitable reading
and prayer?, Two readings were
given by Mrs. MeDOnald, stew-
aedshi.p_. _conVener. This was
followed by a discussion on a
project for making Money for
the Society. -
Mie. Argyle gave an inter-
esting and 'instructive talk on
the 8th, chapter of the study
bock entitled, "The, Bible and
Word- of God." An -interesting
discussion followed. • -
Pals grows
The thirdthrd meeting
Tiger Dunlop, Pals held on.Feb-
PpuleadrYg 10, , Opened :With the:
MISS P. Damude an,d the mo-
thers were welcomed. „The roll
call was answered by each girl
showing the pictures she had
selected for her home assign-
ment explaihing how and why
the lines suited her.
Miss pamude expressed her
pleasure on the large sizeof
the' club and also commented
oirthe roll,eall. ,
Mrs. E. Hunter gave notes
on suitable clothes for school,
church and dates. and Mes..R.
Buchanan on the suitability tte
the. occasion. '
Appreciation was 'voiced by
Barb Buchanan to Miss Damude,
Huron County's.. -home econom-
fer 'her attendance at the
meeting and for her remarks.
.---geh-tr.Mte=x1=1;e41-14,t",a4,-
creed.
will be. in_P_Ogieele illres-Bege,
bf RCAF. Steam, Clinton, will
bt the trainer•for the day being
aegletseCejeye jejedeteeee
glop er - Miss IVfary-MeMillen, and
District - Commissioner 1VIrs.
Wane Steep. ee
serve the birthday arthe Guides and Rangers will ob- High- Tea given
or, Sunday, all Brow,nies,
found-
er er the Guiding and Scout
Movement, Lord Baden-Pckell.
mendous accolade .should go to
Nancy Nephew for orgaeizing,
thelhingso beautifully." .
A. P. Boutilier addressed the
club on behalf of the St. John
Ambulance drive, and mention-
ed the numerous eeeviees given
voluntarily,' inGodertch through-
ottt the year.'
Attend Course
"Training and equipment cost
money,", he said. `The mem-
bers "ere :volunteers, •and our
revenue is derived from • the
donations of individuals, organ-
izations and industries. . They
provide so many ,valuable ser-
vices they are well worthy 'of
support,"
-Mr.-*Boutilfer. 'Mentionedfhat
13 , womenl'' attended lBorne
Sign
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nursing course' conducted by
the branch. •
W. Stuart Forbes, in-
troduced Mr. StrUtherst recall-
ed attendingela 'meeting Of Lon-
don Rotary at which 39 .high
seheol steedents, forming the
'lest Interact Club there; were
at the head table,end presented
with ,their charter. by District
Gqyernor 'Rogers af Sarnia.
High Achievement '
"It is the hope,9"Mr. Struth-
ers said, "that Interact' will be-
come, es well known ih high
Schools throughout the world
as, Rotary thrOughotit the adult
world.'
"Basically, it is a club cm-
sisting of, boys in the last three
grades of high school, boys of
good character and leadership
potential 'and who have high
marks in scholastie work as
eveelleas achievement in currice
ular and:. extra-ctirricular ac-
tivities.
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GUESTS- WELCOMED
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The ReininT-Cathoitc girl's' and,
-leaders will--go-to-t-heirerhurch
Together at 8:30 while the
Protestant group will attend
the, Baptist Church at 11 a.m.
All collections• at Brownie and
Guide meetings this week will
be ,ferwardeet to the ..World
Friendship rued. to helpneedy
Packs and Companies 16ss :for,
tunate than Canadian' units.
The- Local Association of
Brownie and Guide ;Mothere
will hold a :general meeting at
the home of Mrs. Peter Mac -
Ewan, North' street, at 8 p.m.
on Thursday, 'February 20. All
mothers of Brownies and GiiideS
are urged to attlid. Miss Mary
meMillen vi1l ,be the speaker.
The rummage sale held- last
Saturday was, very successful
and $43.00 was realized, •
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Livestock should be kept from
licking and, eating ,grease on
meehinery, even the 511141/test
amount of certain • lubri-cants
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sometimes' death.,
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red, white setfin
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Sunny .skies outside and Riley.- They were assisted in
preparing and serving by Mes-
dames C.. Videan, 1'. Legg, E.
Volland, J. Morris, '11. Dodd,
M.Berre.G. MumbY, M. Martin,
T.,. Bannister, Reg Bridle, 11'.
Tichborne, S. McNeil, Rose Hill,
C. Bannister, M. „Sinuisone M.
Good, J. Carrick, Cynthia -Wayne
and Carolyn Graham.- .'
colorful decorations inside fea-
ture'd the annual High Tea on
Shrove Tuesday at St. George's
Parish Flail. Red and vvieite•
flower e' combined with red and
white heart, deceratioxie to pro-
vide a lovely ''g'Clting -tor the
annual event,- sponsored by the
Aft ernoo n Churchwoman's
Guild of the church.
The candy -table was most at-
tractive with red and white
streamers and \Try loeely boxes
of homemade candy and, cook-
ies. it WAS in charge of 'qrs.
J. Wilson and Mrs. A. 'Neill;
The , many leets were wel)-
comet! ' by Canon and Mre. K.
Taylor who recently returned
froai vacationing
vacatjoiiuii in Antique.,
Mrs. C. Videan ,the president
a 'RI. -Mrs,: I). J. PLitierson was in
Charge of t i ek t‘ ts. ,Arrange-
ments :for' a, \ ory :fine supper
.were made by :enliveners, Mrs.
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'he ToVeralhip hall,- Carlo*, with
the president, IYIrs. R. /3uchanian
.1n, the chair. rl •
• Tthe roll call was answered
by a current event. The letter
regarding the 4-11 Club was
read and Mrs. E. Hunter and
Mats. Cliire -ABM •will be the
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by Mrs. Buchapan. •
It was decided to hold a Hob -
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Mrs. C. Videan pi'esided at
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Videan, Mis. 17.., Glazier and
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Aped 2,9411. NM Wilmer Hardy
and Mrs.- T. Lamb Wl1 convene
this event.
Mrs. Girvine Yotenee-ga Ye- an
interesting paper on the "Agri-
culturi.st Of the Future." Sciende
will be a dominating feature.
Mrs. ,E. Bogie spoke on the.
motto, "Use the talents you
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