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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
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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-
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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/
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a
up Mronday morning, and hated
the thought of going to work;
you should switch into some-
thing, else.
He talked about money: giv-
ing statistics for annualearn-
ings depending on education,
from elementary to college de-
grcc. Teachers perked up a bit
here, when he, said $11,00 for a
university degree, and they av
erage about $7,000,
The point is that everything
he said was eminently sensible.
If you happened tot be a •sales=
man bucking for sales manager
or viee•president.
But •his talk troubled. me.
Change the terms slightly, and
at do- you have? 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. MclIardy, pursuing mctl ' fiercely ever
the Canadian Representative of since•
tilt Oriental Missionary Society,,
combines his gifted singing. and
speaking with a penetrating inter-
pretation of the work„of missions
in the contemporary scene. `'
-Mr. 'Mcifard'y was raised in
Northern Ireland, --and in 1944
he left'a•'e •caree-r--asa-footbafi----- ... ----'~.-- - -
YOUR
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a graduate of London Bible Coll-
. ege, England, and has c•onductect '
preaching. missions throughout`
Europe . and the ,British I les.
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