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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-03-09, Page 11ti a ugar„ And Spice a Just the other night we had a tallt at our Honor Banquet which left me rather perplexed. It was an interesting, at• times exciting, address by one of qui Captains of Industry. No less than the President of one Bill Smiley of our biggest producers of processed foods. A big .cheese,' one might 'say, in the vernacu- lar, American owned, needless to say. Perhaps I should explain what the HApor Banquet is. It's an occasion when the students who have obtained 75 per cent. or more the- previous year are honored, along with their par- ents, Again, needless to say, it is dull. . - There's nothing much to say except that these kids are in the top 25 per cent., which even they can figure out. And the "banquet" rtins more to potato salad, a bottle of milk at each place, and cold cuts, than it does to Falernian wine, Lobster Thetmidor and Baked Alaska. • an . But it's a' gesture, y wa y The athletes get a banquet, with cups, trophies, letters and heartiness. The kids in drama and musicget applause' when they perform. Least -eve can Ido. is honor the bright and Indus- Wank indu -rats Trouble is, "'t,hey don't get` a chance to show, at the banquet, whereo spea .. as Speaker a couple of years ago. What kind of a talk do you give? Well, this, chap, with the best intentions in the world, scared . the wits • out Of the kids. If I'd been Qn the Honor Roll,` 17, in Grade 12, I'd ahave g w 1 • d ht ak out of there, and `.st n'terid swill- ing booze or gobbling sugar cubes loaded with LSD. • This fellow was an honest, hard-hitting, 105 per cent. I capi- talist; im for it. admire.d and a I -don't like pussy -footers., But his. talk was obviously aimed at a sales convention, with sortie how bright and industrious concessions---to--the kits. - they are. Instead, they get a Guest Speaker. This would be enough to keep me from mak- ' ing the Honor Roll. And appar- ently my' .daughter feels the same, as she didn't make it ,this year. Meeti.ngHere March 16-19 . icture 'Of the world theywould take over: population explo- sion; starvation: it's all yours kids. A'•few commercials here, about the' food company. Then he outlined a frighten- ing a pair of alternatives: pro- duceor yoil're out. And he ex- plained, with. a certain amount of., pride, how TUthleSs . an exec ' , utive like himself has, to be,. when someone ° is not up to scratch. (I'm probably being unfair.. He is noted aS a tough, but fair man). He tallied about hitting with 'a. sledgehammer, rather than a feather. He talked about choos- ing goals and pursuing. then First, he painted a horror fiercely. He i'aidlifarif you got - Oriental Missionaries Plan Second problem is, the Guest Speaker feels he must inspire the kids. It's a tough audience. A hundred -odd kids, their proud parents, and 'about f 100 teachers and spouses. 1 amu' Blame Faulty Chimney The Goderich Free Methodist' Church will "be host to the Orient,, - al Missionary Society for their Missions Convention-- March 16- 19, Guest missionary leaders will include Dr, William A. Gillam, Miss Alice I'Luff, and the Revel.. end John T, McHardy. MANY CHANGES In FarmBlaze-Dr. Gillam speaks on the rap. Home . idly changing issues of contem- S2 An early morning fire at the farm home of William Kinahan oh the 9th "concession of . West . Wawanash Township did ex- tensive smoke and water darriage to 'the house Feb. 22; Condider- able' 'fire damage' also resulted from•--the---outbre -which-i5 thought to have been causedfroin a .faulty chimney. The fire dam- age was to an upstairs bedroom and the attic. • Lucknow Fire Department re- ed spondto the alarm shortly after• 7 am,. and succeeded. in . sav- • ./ AttrIty IN ANY LANGUAGE RED CROSS MEANS PEOPLE, HELPING' PEOPLE. ing the house Hfrom destruction. Fire had gained a headway on the 'south side.of the house and had worked its' way-int0 the partition -and. attic. Firemen Used the water on th fire truck and were able to get at the-sour-ce••-of the --fire through a hole in the roof and on the side porary missions out of a back. ground of. thirteen years over. seas nth Latin America. During a period of intense civil strife and religious tension in the .Republic of Colombia, he wit- s riessed , the establishment and. wall. The fire was discovered as the family awakened in the morning. Two of the Kinahan children were sleeping in the upstairs south- east . bedroom where the • worst of the smoke and fire was locat- ed. If the outbreak had occurred through the night, 'the con. ,sequences might v7ell have been much more serious: • VISIT BROT,HE•R„ growth Of a stroll issionary want. As"• -.a: 't'eaeIrer wireiped to strain •Colombian you h fol. the ministry. of dozens`- of churches planted during these difficult,; years. Asa result of a mission to the • ,Republic of Haiti he initiatea steps which led to the acquisit. •ion by the Oriental Missionary Society of. Radio 4 VEH, at Cape Haiterl, in the West Indies. Dr. Gillam is alsd a notedpianist and composer, and will be perform - • .you are 1JIEW-TO-TOWN or' have just.' moved into a new home GO'I ERICH'S, OWN Mr. Colin Patterson, Mrs. G. M., 'Gee 'and Mrs. A. R. Gilliam Brantl:ord, visited -with their brother, John Patterson, Glouces- 1 ter.Terrace who isill in the Alex. andra Marine and General -Hos- pital Goderich on Saturday/ 'MORE and ORE and M DRIVE. OUT AND SAVE R People- ON eople- ON HOME .APPLIANCES, HOME a ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTS, CAR RADIOS, TV. 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It was agatnst everything I believe, and try. ,everything (And don`t be surprised if you hear I've been fired!) 1 don't believe, for example; in efficiency, and having a clean desk, except in a general way. That:is, doing your job. ing during his visit to Godertch. I would find it'extremely dif- Miss Alice Huff is director ficult" to say: "Baxter, your of the Departmmetit ofWorldInter- sales flare slipping. You're cessors of the OMS, and has fired." -,.• organized prayer groups , more There's nothing in this world than 2,0p0, in thrt USA, Canada, that i hate doing more than Britain, Australia, New Zealand, going to work Monday morning. South Africa and Europe; The only goal' I have ever pur- sued fiercely is my wife, when I fell for her. And she's been The Rtv, John T. 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