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hirat place wini r in the second draw, but
second'to the R. v__ t team for overall hones,
was s, team skipped by George Robertson.
Left to right: are Bruce Erskine, Bill -Robert.
son,Alvan McGee,: skip George' Robertson
and Grant Showers.
Clinton's Water Threatened -
' n4
By G'. Macre od s
Whey say ..that, 40014 Mon
Forget." My experience israther
that they remtniseer., ' More:
oONmoia}aty $0_�tia,s true at Y0400:
end" but When theNregii' Yearushers
Centennial, aR and sutndry.
'` are :adjurad to look back 4on .our
history. To, recall the'"actions,.0!
them',devotewthtcb band. ofb4mouen and
women - hasght us
where we -stand Oday.,
What do they reminisce abett ...
Ica the main it will be about. heir
early • life..and, eixPeriences. How
they manipulated; their 'God=given
aptitudes andaabilities, Row, With.
out benefit of high .schools;,bullt•
like movie theatres,-withou 'gym.
nasia, or wall.to wall.` eting,
Or electric.eye, door openers;
without sunken. garage 'andabove••
all without counsellors, how they
made., their way and maintained
their' self.respeet. Perhaps their
sincerest- thanks go to the • fact
that they lived before the bon.
.fused curricula of today's
schools. They lived in an era
SuspectUnderground Rock CoIIapse.
An Underground rock fall may
have caused Sunday's mysterious
. threat to Clinton' -s water -supply.
J. 1,. Rands, public utilities
commission superintendent, said
parts; of the ,town of more than
3,000 persons came within two
hours of being, without water. •
An emergency. session of the.
commission 'was,- called Shortly
before .11, Aim. when it was dis.
oovgred the water system' three__
wells were producing "verylittle
water." 'A drop in flow from a
-.,gtaximnm_._.of.1,275. gallons a
Minute to a bbut 250 gallons a
p
minute was noticed at the pump. inundrnmats in Clinton' were 1)r. Robert Mereu, a University
ing station about 10 a,m._ alerted but not closed. 'V'- of Western Ontario geophysicist
- This left the town and the "' An official - of International said "tripes on the university's.
nearby Canadian Force base Water Squppiy inLondongrt#shed seismograph will bp developed
drawing ; on the reservoir''' and to the town oto assist local tech. later this week. Dr. Mereu said
^� git could be: learned then whether
water -tower. - ° �-- — -n#clans in pin -pointing the.pump.
Base officials 'were immed. ing problem. a mild' earth tremor occurred at
lately notified and they voluntar- Mr. yaiyis said it has been, the same • time as the Clinton
ily cut themselves off from the -suggested an underground'rock- Water. emergency and possibly.
town and drew on. their own ,fall .might • have blocked the caused an underground pro tem.
250,000 gallon reservoir. normal flow. to the 350-foot.deei "At the moment we have no
_ . - -� ----'- idea what caused the ,"
Norir[aI�"-•''flt�w- resumed;-�`� a."-" roc tl�weTT�,.`"�""'�'�' �, problem
mysteriously as it had halted, He said•'this was only a theory said .Mr. Rands.
at 12:45`p.m. but said i would accoulnt for Mayor Don Symon's said the
Mr. Rands 'said the sudden 4a the sudden ss of water supply town has had no problems with
drop „probably occurred v about when the pum s were functioning water' supply in . the past. ' He
8 a.m. By the time itwasnoticed, ' normally. Such a rock fallpaysaiddhe pumps will be watched
Clinton's,80,000-gallonreservoir have either blocked underground closely in case the situation re.
was drained dangerously low.. streams- supplying the wells, or curs.
The reservoir services a100,000 created a• huge `cavity that Mayor Symons worked 'closely
gallon water tower, r siphoned water into it, with PUC officials "'on the alert,
The superintendent estimated Once 'Awater flow forced its and personally directed the warn:
the two storage facilities, which way past the fall or had -filled ° ing of town iGesidents.
normally contain between 140,000- the cavity, normal, water levels • Mr. `Rohde" 'said there is abotit
and 160,000 gallons, were drained Ireturned to supply the thirsty a' 400,000agallon average daily
-flown. tp J' 'everal thousand gal. pumps, Mr. 1Rands ; ,uggested., demand on, the' system., Of this
Ions enough for about two tours "We're going to ptifl4 •up two abbot 300,000 gallons goes to the
ofvnormal-pressure." of the .pumps and replace their fair station, :Clinton is the only
He said homes on the .higher,.., bearings this week," he said, water source , for the military
parts of :town would have been "We have our fingers • crossed it base. •
without water:_by. around 3 :p.m. °•was some freak of nature or • Ile said if ' it is:, found 'th'e
if fhej pumps hadp't surged bac1r, a normal equipment problem and wells are running dry, the ex i� t.
into operation: not a fall in the water table,", ing pumps could --he lowered
Warning to conserve wat. ,: The three wells have not been another 20 _feet into the wells.
er sw
wa..is ued; to,residents over `inspected for seven years: When The three wells were drilled
Wingham- radio station CKNK•. A last.—measured, he. said, there in 1921, 1942, and 1961respec,
car.. wash- and twolively."
coin were 8,0 feet of water' in each. 3'`•'
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• .10 Mifti,
On the eye of Canada's ten•
tenary, gifts :totalling close to.
$1.,000,000 have been wrapped `
up 'for Ontario's celebratio of
the-tion's 100th" birthday,
, The actual.amount, $9,706
represents the combined c
liutions to date by the • f
`i.nd provincial gover
s + wards , Ontario centei°itiial pro.
792,,,
at;
eral
s to.
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where the student was the waiter light exploiting them. iG the ' and It is known, to a 14waff 1Life' ' side, whilst !inside le `ice;
and the master.the servant. When, 'motive, of dppdrtuntty as not The broad'bastc lessons which it I!<l this, age, It Is valuable to :
the sae ess of the. student 'was ta° r.f u e ul and :ha
.. cc . .. • � itig o you x.' t - , ., n �!� . Or � . � .. �_. . ,. happy I�PY�' life : the as�c.+t�.iat#�� ,q� ien�
the �bestreward�towhicha:teacher Tree you labor - i ..st theri:L th se oul+.earhy selffrom tie i . `whose w•
T . , � e you. , • . r a� n-, are ..,._ o . �! .. , , m . l�. tY ,Men, d ..
could.'as -ire. They lived before t WWI* ftworld; world; ;These lessons,•ar,e°not; ° their bo0d. Men 10v'
teachers*"�un o and teachers' efforts of con.ernl ra "Y g•,,'liz �: 'taught nth ; ivi.d halls oteduca.. a aiu5' . .
i PS Merit, with. its; nationalized tau 1 i e e tQ th stake .:for , ki401.14C
strikes, education to Plan our life for, LOX ;,. These then. lr'e'{th. e'404 01
In those far, -off days, they
� s rG that o. ^Will axr�ive•
. you, : YOU are told ,what tp j�rofes�� ' • �:It ,i kt,g.. • .. y ' n. � -' tea;G�ers you: �►t1l •• meed most«
managed ..on a minimuth of $ub• Your: activities are re .. ated, ',at One, of the most important. • They : will he. old for tile' .molt
• Pets, and because they Teally Counsellors
_tthem b toe.. score. many.qests, and the most reWarding
Part, even old fsshtoned '
,mastered" .them, they were of f ssgifted than ou. too. The quest the. teacher ,avegCaduated n. the 'f, Vuetras4y
fluenceVona-scale whicheludes as.you Will discover who' take ;to'4;4.1143044a:rivers c
the majority today. They could ou achieve consciousness.... bring home to YOU the ways fid: „there are. no student;' pow,:1 4:
speak gramaticailg; they couldThese counsellors will chartyour ameaus Of -dealing with the pro. • .marches on government bulk,.
, write a .clear report; .they could . progression. •through life :.with �blems of - 'the world; This is no , 'inks, ., but a e'Vv'''slogans such
carry out verbal orders. In short nw• r • one prize of the 'wel. , ' place to attempt tolive the full. , as 'The Way' IS. to be i ed',
they learned the 'pattern' which fare states:• security. Who needs syllabus,' but here are three ex*. These graduates. are theMar s-_
was applicable- to almost every Security when he has youth? ani ples Of What is meant: of the Werld,;andunder thelr.tutet,
Problem,. This was why so. many
y To everyy.°cffa�rt ise,eraied_:"Sooner or;'iater you will meet• age_you;,ma�!,`�discoyergh ottp,'
•successful ' men • _ and women Wit. ' n ti - o i a crisis, one of many to.. be en- fill • tie", unfo rg ving -minute with
thrived, -On diet" of five Or six' too often ca nmatt Grp of polities. countered -along the road.. How do 60 seconds worth of die -ranee rt r,
subjects, I'ryou like, they special. - ost.adolescent learning that is you keep your, head '4wher all. When yours Will be the ea rtlx ,
'zed An the basics, whereas today . teaching yourself, is largely, un. about you' are losing theirs and t.nd what is more: You'll be, .01
our'educators' seem'determined taught. The results: Boredom; blaming it on you?" The wise t man, my son."., ; • ' • '
to proteice jacks of all trades and ,irresponsibility; ` °hypochondria; old man of `Camelot will say to °
masters of none. buck -passing , i and tree final You: Make a a plan and stick to itt. , ..
cacent dped. - ),iere is another lesson for the - iwants
antedescentonintogovernmeompint lanaieoutns.crusader. , Who, to give his Dead Anmal
You have found the scape-goaatfor spirit full rein. The lessor is:
all your ills. - Stand frim under! which entails
n,your masters. s. an d • jcniowing your limitations. Don'tREMOVAL .' -
young ma.; �,,
their number is exploding- are make a fool ayourself' by bit• vor dead and disabiad rdroiii
deceiving you. Education. does ing off more than you can chew. call coil •
not end with high school or, univer• I is teachers such, as these, _ Darling & Company
sity.. Though they may pretend to who must be sought and clung to.
turn out the 'comPleat' man, There are' othex__.teachers, , of Canada.Ltd:
ready for anything, this is delus- many others; who teach by ex,, Phone .402-7269, .Clinton
ion, There is a much better ample. In this age of doubt and
university awaiting you. One in uncertainty; of double talk, which anim3Bgce 7Mb:1: .
which your name was entered at usually means ,falsehood; of -
birth, It is the oldest in the world whited sepulchres of goodly out—
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Time was availablefor
thoroughness, even for thought.
There was demonstration, prat.
tics 'end test. There was time
to repeat the process until it.
was part of the individual. There
was no complexity; no gambling'
with multiple-choice tests; no
mechanization Of.•reselts. Just
daily°' viva voce tests of pro-
ficiency in some allotted task;
These lucky 'old men' lived
in a age when incentive was
still a living entity. They learnt
by failure, probably one of the
best teachers - available, then and
now. In failing they blamed them.
selves, not the system. . They
did not wake to find themselves
'failed B.A.'s' because a . tube
. had burnt out, Incentive induced
a sense of self-responsibilityb,.
Initially challenges were accept.
ed. As Self-confidence increased,
challenges were sought, until the
day arrived when a job mastered.
,_well.: done. for the sake of the
job alone, became the greatest °
reward they could receive: The
- meaning of the word 'Service,
was comprehended in those tar,.,
off days, , •
Is adv t dire,: dead? Are the
t1w � ,• ,,;tR s
o ort res 'to`a numerous
.a, , andp' as° exc iting as 1t ,yLars ago?
It is possible that ''sailing the
Spanish Main ',today no.longer
offers golden- doubloons,"Flin opp. •
,ortunitiesfor singeing the King.
of Spain's • bard lapsed with
Franco. Today 'adventure' must
be translated -as 'oppor`tunity'..
Everyone_ cotnes.anto the world _-
with his own personal box of -
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