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SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
OF SEWAGE AND ME
• was telling you in last w..eek's
column how I was shanghaied
into the teaching profession,
and how teaching has been good
In
iat
But I don't want anyone to go
away with the mistaken , idea
ttia ,it hat been roses all the
way. When 1 was in the news-
paper business, I used to get
tiorne4. have a couple of drinks
13efore dinner, just to unwind a
bit.. Strictly. medicinal.
When I came into teaching,
T got home from work at 4
o'clock and was so unwound by
dinner time I was practically
-paralyzed.
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This year, our school is work-
ilifft
begins at a quarter to eight in
the a.m. I get home from work
at 1.15 in the afternoon4. I have
little doubt that my liver is the
texture of marble and the color
of a baboon's behind. I have
great doubt that 111 last until
Christmas. People on the early
shift should get hardship pay.
4.
Another misconception I'd
hate to leave with anyone is
that I came into teaching as a
refugee, because I couldn't make
it, in the newspaper business.
Not so.
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Not only was 1 making spor-
adic payments on the mortgage,
but I was dragging home any-
where 'up to $35 a week, clear.
, And,. if I do say it myself, I
was a pretty important figure
in the community.
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For example, I look baek with
unconcealed and justifiable pride
. to inS, four years as President
-of the Bruce County Publishers'
Association That's a mighty im
-.portant post, with about 10
ayeelqies in the county.
WeHsi r -E- -before--my- term -of
,reffice, the annual meetings were
e'gular donnybrooks. The pub-
iiihers,, last of a fierce and in-
depertdent breed, quarreled
fiercely about printing prices,
stealing lihotype operatorsfrom
each other, and encroaching 0
each other's sacred hunting
grounds,
But during my entire sojourn
in the president's office, peace
prevailea. There wasn't a bicker
or A squajabte. The secret? In
four years, the president didn't
call a single Meeting. • The As-
sociation has aever run so
smoothly, before or since.
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So, if you're having ,intenai
warfare in one onite organiz-
ations you belong to, there's
your solution. Stop holding
meetings,
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Another position in which I
made my mark was the Resort
t n -president_ of.
it, too, and also for lour years.
When I took over, the outfit was
struggling. Revenue was only
about $2,000 a year. Most of this
was spent ' on printing folders.
In our plant.
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Well,.I got keen, and started
drumming up more money and
urging a bigger and flossier
folder. In the end, my twin
activities bore fruit. •Right in
the end. We raised so much
money, and the folder designed
was so fancy, that we could no
longer print it in our plant, spo
they took it to an out-of-town
printer. This is.known as How
Not To Get Along In Business
By Really Trying.
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But perhaps my finest hour
was my career in municipal
politics. The Bay bordering the
home town was polluted, and
-unfit -for-- swfinming.---As - editor
of the paper, I had harassed the
town council for years, trying
to get action.
4.
Finally, I ran ,,for council,
carefully choosing a year in
which it was obvious that elec•
tion would - be by acclamation,
years, I had spark -plugged the
council into installing a new
sewage disposal system •that
would end the pollution. It put
the fax rate up abouf six mills
Student Receives
Top Scholarship
Douglas Clark of Goderich has
been, named as recipient of the
$250 Price Waterhouse and Coni -
pay scholarship. The annou-
ncement was made in London
recently by Dean John J. Wett-
laufer of the School of Business
Administration at the University
of Western Ontario?
Mr. Clark, a fourth year stu-
dent in the undergraduate pro-
gram leading to an Honors Bach:.
elor of Arts degree in business
administration, was awarded the
DOUGLAS CLARK
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scholarship on the basis of his
outstanding academic record
during the first three years of
the course.,
In addition, he was also ap-
pointed as student assistant to
Dr. John T. Nicholson, professor
of business administration at the
Western Business School. He
was named to the Dean's Honor
List in May, 1965, for his excel-
lent work.
Mr. Clark is a graduate •of
Goderich High School, and won
the McKim Memorial Scholar-
ship for university entrance,
for 60 years. But it was worth
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There was only one thing
wrong. The darn thing didn't
work. Some silly little .engin-
eering detail about water not
running uphill, or something.
The Bay was once again polluted.
I left town shortly after. And
he_ wOrds_-_,:sewage-and-Siniley
are still associated in the minds
of the grateful ratepayers. Not
many- men have a living monu-
Held By IODE Here
Members of the Maple Leaf
Chapter, 1.0.D.E., gathered at
the home of Mrs. S. C. Anderson,
St. Patrick's street, tor the
November meeting.
.The regent, Mrs. A. M. Har-
per, revealed the results of a
questionnaire which had been
presented at an earlier meeting.
Excerpts from newspapers were
read cOncerning change Of name
of the order, new bursaries and
suggestions to New, Canadians
to assimilate new cultures of
their adopted land while retain-
ing those of Their native lands.
A discussion pertaining to tke
Opportunity Shop ensued and
the necessity a members appear-
ing on their appointed days for
selling was emphatically stress-
ed.
Education convener, Mil: M.
McGill, conveyed news of schol
arships and results of IODE an-
nual short story competition.
Services at home and abroad
Building Permits
Down In 1965
Goderich's building pemits
have slumped in value by $140,-
000 so far this year as com-
pared to the same period in
1964.
A total of 84 permits had been
issued up to the end of October
by building inspector E. H. Jes-
sop. The total value of these
permits amounted to $361,000.
During the same period in
1964 104 permits were issued at
a total value of $800,650.
ln October nine permits were
issued at a value of $64,150. The
same month last year brought
15 successful permit applica-
tions at a: total value of $99,825.
Tax Collection .
Taxes, collected during Octo-
bei -ainountecf "To $8-9,595.15 to
bring the total collected for the
year up to $525,962.23. Discount
amounted to $2.917.93 and the
Court of Revision deductions
were $349.51.
Interest on the total was $906.-
14 with dog tags bringing in
$1,581 and building permits $365
to -leave -the= fin -al figur
$525,546.93.
Collections to date are 84.70%
of the total due as compared to
ment like that, during their own 85.02% collected for the same
lifetime. !period last year..
coitYPriOr, ars, $. Andel:Sen,
explained where the articies of
knitting and sevving wgre to be
sent and thanked all members
who had ionated their services
for the many splendid work6
which made a most impressive
display.
Discussions followed as to re-
newal of membershipin the
Library Film Club and a repro
sentative, Mrs. M. McGill, was
appointed.
Two representatives, Mrs. R.
Hughes and Mrs. S. C. Ander-
son, were appointed to meet
with Ihe Centennial Committee
on November 1.6.
Plans were brought forward
for the Christmas pot luck din-
ner to be held at the home of
Mrs. Robert Smith, Catherine
street on December 7.
A timely address on Southern
Rhodesia, a land of contrasts,
was presented by Mrs. L. Royal,
astorld.-affairs
vener.
Refreshments were served by
the tea .committee composed of
Mrs. J. 'Davison and Mrs. R.
Breckenridge with Mrs. M. Math-
ers presiding for the pouring
of coffee.
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at the end of the quiz.,
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' A: 1. Blow on them while they're hanging on
the New Non -Fray String -Em -Up Clothes Line.
.2. Start the barbecue under the clothes rack
as the clothes are drying. 3. Dry the clothes as
fist as you wash them, in an dutomatic Gas
Dryer. (A load of synthetics dries in as little as
20minutes)
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0: How can yousave money• while drying
clothes?
A: 1. Put your pennies in the cookie jar. 2.
Sell treats to the neighbourhood kiddies. 3.
Dry clothes for about a penny a load in an au-
tomatic Gas Dryer.
+tear New Pledges
Beta Theta, hapter met on thanked Mrs. Ron Nelson and
October g5 at the home a net.
Mrs. Walter Rathburn and mem
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John Sturdy, South street- hers who modelled foreontribut-
. Correspondence was read ing to the fashion show's sue -
from international composed of cess:
an inquiry irito4 obtaining an A yellow rose and silver spoon
extension officer. were presented to Mrs. Ilowlett
Eileen Fellows, treasurer, re- by Mrs, Ken Dunn.
porte4 on the amount of money Mrs. Ron Nelsen brought
in, the treasury and it was de- about a discussion/ on commenc•
eided to divide the 'money into ing a Nil Phi Mu 'Chapter in
two ieparate accounts. Goderich. •
Service committee chairman, The draw was won by Miss
Mrs, Ted Hayward, has ptrr- Pat Simpson. Lunch was serv-
chased toys for the hospital and ed bringing the evening to a
a needy family has been chosen. close. ,
Mrs. Ken Dunn, vice-president,
is planning a model meeting.
Speakers will be Mrs. W. Rath -
burn and Mrs. Ron Nelson. The
new pledges will also be signed
in at this time. Plans for a
"Preferential Tea" to be held on
Sunday, November 21, are in
the making. Pledges will be
inducted into the sorority at a
pledge dinner en Tuesday, Nov-
el -fiber 30, at the Bedford Hotel. BARBER SHOP
New business cinsisted-oVdez irttru-AW:
terminink whAther Beta Theta'
will forward $10 for the endow, Draw To Be Held Dec. 20
meat fund. Adylts $1,00 Children 75c
The cultural program was ,
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given by Mrs, Bill Alcock, who
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