The Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-07-01, Page 14A ',000 RICH S1GNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1971
an Landers says...
It can happen
by accident
DEAR ANN LANDERS: -We
were having a discussion last
night about 'ac,cid.ental
' p gii ` re — .-, ver,. I'n%CTigAit
, woman 'saidd she did not believe
in accidental pregnancies - that
in this day and age; with
contraceptives so easily available
any, female who .gets pregnant
wants it that way.
My fourth child was born
when I was 40. ,Although I
"laughingly referred to the baby
as "the surprise of my life," I
knew in my heart I had been a
,,:iittle'eareless. During last night's
conversation ;.i pcurred to me
that perhaps 1 had become
pregnant on purpose 7 to prove
I, was still young enough to have
a baby. What are your views on
this subject? - STILL
, LEARNING
DEAR 'STILL: After reading
thousands of letters from
pregnant women these past '
sixteen years, I have come- to'
believe that pregnancy' can be a
weapon, a hook,-an•,ggo builder,
a husband -holder, a gimmick to
obligate a Irian, an attention
getting, device; a filler ' for an'
empty life, b.nd a public
statementthat the old hormones
are still buzzing. It also can be
ai code.
DEAR .A:NN'NDERS:My
father is so sad and depresseel•..i+,,
breaks my heart. A very good
friend of his, 'same i,ge, 43,
committed suicide,. Dad knew
Frank was` moody and that he
worried a lot'about unimportant
Wo
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axe to grind ,with the teachers in
Huron. I suppose qb Elliott.•
could pay the increase in his
taxes 'as well as the - average
ratepayer could. -
But 'Bob Elliott has .a job to
do as chairman of the Huron
County" Board of Education and
it has become a nasty job lately.
If the majority of the board
• members representing ,,the,.
majority of the, ratepayers in
Huron feel that there is a" need
to stand, pat on the wage issuait,
Ejliott is man enough to fight
for that ,belief:. Can -hebe-faulted
for that?
' —The' "cost- of education in'
Ontario is a sore spot with a
great many people. True, the
teachers should not be penalized
because of it, but. the people of
this province have to start
somewhere. It would appear that
the first skirmish has been slated
for Huron County with the
.teachers ' and the board -of
'education in the middle of it all.
As far as I can figure
there are more people in,
sympathy with the board than
with the teachers - not .because
the teachers do not deserve
parity ,with teachers from other
parts of. the province, but
because some, kind of a stand has
finally been taken'.to oppose the
rising cost of education in
Ontario and folks who pay the
taxes are'delighted.*
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By the time this column is
read, there „ may well be a
settlement with the secondary
School teachers of the county. It
may even be that the elementary
school teachers will have agreed
to their contract as well. There is
a meeting with the elementary
teachers tonight (Thursday) and
with the secondary school •
teachers Monday and possibly
Tuesday:. -
In a brief chat with Dr.
Deathe last week, he told me of
his feelings that the press should
be present atr. all board
deliberations, particularly on
----salary: -I--tapper -•-to _ kno v -that_. _--
this has been Dr. Deathe's
opinion for along; longtime.
There is no way to know now
whether or, not-'mtit;h -of the
misunderstanding, between the
board, the teachers and the
administration could have been
alleviated .by thdrough=` press
coverage from start to finish, '
I can only say that in
previous years since the Huron
County Boatd, of Educatipn
came into` being,.thete have beer
complaints' fromteachers.to me
personally, that they were not
informed„'of the details of a wage
settlement until the newspapers
carte 'out. It seeml that teachers;
like the average taxpayer, must
wait until the press tells the
story before they, know Where
they stand,
#!l -mot :sure • whether,, ;the
board oir "the....,.teachers' • own
negotiating staff is to—blame—..110.
somewhere there is a, real lade of
TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
Toa ntoTelcg -am Syndicate
things,. But no one thought
Frank would kill hirrigelf,
He. 4ad been .seeing ' a
,p� Cittfst~" a"nd•' fie"i
N� a
series of ' shock . treatments. We.
all thought Frank , was getting
along much better when this
terrible thing happened. •
My clad blames himself ' for
neglecting his friend. He keeps
sayirf, "If I had spent more
time" with Frank I could have
prevented this."
What can I do or say to make
dad feel better? I hate tosee him
kids over here for something. I
kept' track. Last week it was
three _eggs a half, ,loaf f o f rye.
rua�(X'�YSiI`.
Bread, an onton;cp iii l'b4i `;�sfi:
pair of bridge chair's, a clear}
table cloth, a deck of cards, and
' a 100 -watt light bulb u"' i.
I am not complaining that she
is a borrower. Sis has a good
memory and she pays back
everything. What does bug me is
that the has a habit of bringing
her ,drop-in guests over here
because she never has .any.thing
to serve them. She is always so
so, sad., - GLOOM WITHOUT grateful, but I really do consider
END ' this a pain in -the neck. So does
' DEAR G: A person who 'is my' 'husband. Most of ' their
determined to destroy himself- friends are pretty dull. Any
will find a way. Every day, suggestions'? - FE,D
hospitalized mental patients, • DEAR FED: Tell your sister
under close surveillance, manage you'd rather lend her the fixings
to outsmart .the attendants and than entertain her guests.
do away with efiemselves. •• Obviously she is not` bashful
Itis useless to rehaslrthe past with' /out Return the
and speculate on what -might coippliment.
have been done to prevent the
tragedy. The only thing that can ' DEAR ANN LA:NDERS:.1f-a
be done for a suicidal person is girl slaps a boy in the face for no
to urgehim to seek psychiatric reason, is the boy justified in
help. Frank was ge ;tting help, but • slapping her back? My best
apparently he was tots sick - buddy did, this and we think he
unreachable' - and nothing was within -his rights? Do you? -
could sayi' him_ - •OM WS SIRE ._;,..L____.:....._1_ • '
DEAR ANN LANDERS: My ' D.E-AR SIDE: No reason? The
sister and het husband live three fact `that - .know. the
-doors down ,the street. Sis is a" reason does .not' mean _,there
swell girl and we get along fine wasn't one. Reason, .or• no reason
but she .is the world's worst - a . boy is never justified: in
housekeeper land makes no slapping a girl - and I'm not too
bones about it. Sis is always out keep on girls slapping boys,
of everything. Not a day goes by either. There are more civilized
that she doesn't send one of her `" ways to convey a message, '
man to woman
communication .... and it should e next regular mee,ting of
be improved immediately. • the Huron County Board of
Education 'will be .July 19 A
The real'concern now will be
to appoint, school board
representatives from . Goderich
.... and that could be a bit' of a
problem
There are definite rules for
this aslaid out in Section 35 of
the Public School Act in
Subsection 2 as follows:
,.where' a vacancy occurs
• from any cause in an urban,
school board or a' township
school -'area board ' and the
remaining trustees constitutea
majority of the ,membership of
the, board, a majority of the
remaining ,.trustees .shall at the
first regular meeting after the,
vacancy occurs. elect some
qualified person to fill the
vacancy and the person so ,
elected shall hold office for the
remainder of the teem for which
his predecessor was elected, and
in the case of an equality of
votes the chairman of .the
meeting `ha's a Second 'Or casting ."
vote."
successor will, be appointed for
Mrs. J. W. Wallace. Since Dr.
Deathe's resignation ` has not
officially been received and
accepted at time of 'writing, •I
cannot say that more than one
Goderich representatise Wil ;.be
.appointed at that meeting.
• The problem; of course, will
be to send someone to the, board
who is interested in school
affairs, sufficiently informed to
take ;hold mid-term and ready,
willing and able to learn:-
-
It will also , be necessary, I
feel, to involve someone who
will be able to forget 'the
unfortunate resignation of the
Goderich meinber(s) and work
for. ,the benefit .of Goderich and
the school system in the County,
of Huron without any animosity
towards, any , member or
members of the board, the
ad -Min istration , the teachers'
a5sociatipns, etc.
That may be a tall order
•
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Brent is An.handsome seven-year-old with big dark eyes,
brown hair,and fair skin. A bright lad, he does well in school
aided by an excellent memory and quick understanding.
-- Brent is ' a happy, outgoing, uninhibited youngster who
—likes -Iv be--the—cetrtre-of--attention.. > e--is—healthy; a-s-t-ttrdily--.--- tud n ,,,,;t5 s it's' probably
built, and keen on all ' kinds' of outdoor activities. He likes
;;swimming and spends -a lot-of'time on his bike. Brent likes
games and puzzles and can usually solve -quite difficult ones.
Ile is fond of music and loves books. Bozo -the CIown is his
favorite television character and Brent likes -to -imitate him.
•
This lad should be the 'younge8t. in a fapilywhere he
.will •get a"great deal of attention. He will be a rewarding son '
for parents who can combine warmth, loveand understand- •'
ing with firm, consistent treatment. • '
To inquire about adopting Brent„please write to Today's
Child, Department of Social and Family Seryiees,.: Parlia-
ment Buildings, Toronto 182. For general adoption informs-
' tion,. ask your Children's Aid Society. -
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TIME TO C.ALL., RACK
THE OLD JUNK MAN
There's a lot of talk about
recycling these days. That
does not mean that great
numbers of middle-aged
'people are going back to the
bicycle in despair, over traf-
' fic and their. 'own wretched
., p.h,ysic."44 ondit3L nv;alt}rotrg '--7
this is, also happening, and.a
good thing too.
Recycling is basically the
smashing up of'such things
as paper and tin and turning
them back into more paper
ting of our countryside wit-lj;.--- #�
and tin, instead_ of the pollu-
tingbeing picked up. Seems
such garbage. silly,
It is common practice in What ever became of the
many of the countries of old junk -man? There was
the world' which are out- the ideal catalyst between
Stripping, Canada and... -the the consumer and the 1 -e -
U.S. internationally. It also cycler. The perfect middle -
makes a great deal of comms
mon sense..
It boggles one's mind to
think of 'the millions of tons
of paper; • cans, bottles and.
other reclaimable materials
which head each week for
the garbage dump.
There are several reasons
for this vast wastage. One of
them. is that we have tre-
mendous natural resources
and 'we throw them away
with a lavish hand. It's like
living on one's capital. A
second reason, obviously, is
that industry is not geared
for reclaiming waste. In
price of the product than to canal (this was before peo-
find methods of using dis- ple ,worried about sewage
and such) it was a• bonanza,
worth a dime or fifteen
cents. But a meal for his
imily•
He prospered. And many
of the big fortunes' in
Canada today started out in
ting -r I:spaleF : ,l3ut they the, junk -yard. The junk
u•s#-: tae- bundled and -tied., sa as~ ��atwrs&naze
lust so. And they don't benefactor to society.
want any.other kinds of ' During the war, there
paper. in the meantime, i were tremendous drive's 'for
throw out five hundred scrap metal and newsprint.
,pounds of books., which it must have been used for
have a higher rag'''content something. Pig farmers
than the newsprint which is, - .epica.ked-gip the food garbage
posable items over and over
again,,
Like everything else, the
recycling seems
complicate: A local organi-
zation is raising money for a
`worthy cause. It is collec-
Arthur Circle
,enjoyscottage
event
The,,Arthur Circle of Knox
Church enjoyed an evening of
fellowship and fun at -the cottage
.of Georgia Schaefer.
Following the pot -luck
supper, 'contests .and. --
'organized by Helen McManus.:A
special ,offering was received in
aid- of the Girl Guide Camp
"Klahane."
A ,,rummage sale will be held
in' eptember, so members are
asked' to remember this project
for the early fall.
The .hostess was thanked for
s� graciously inviting the Society
to her cottage, and all members .
were wished' a healthy and
happy summer.
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HURON
MEN'S
CHAPEL
AUBURN
SUNDAY, JULY 4
8:00 P.M.
Special. Speaker — Rev. T. J. McKINNEY
OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN TEESWATER
Featuring — The WATcHMEN QUARtET
or
1 .ALS, ,W, LCOME..,
Evil Tiivtphs When Good Men Do IVathin
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cheaper to produce new tins
than to recycle tin..
Neither' ofthese reasons-- •--�
is a valid one. In the first
place, those "inexhaustible
`esourc.cs," of raw •material
could be exhausted in a few
decades. In the second -in-
dustry should, and must,
find cheap means of re-
cycling manufactured mate-,
' rials into raw materials.
But of course it's. much
simpler to look at the im
mediate buck. It's nii ch
simpler just to ,raise the
man.
Most small towns had a
junk -man. He usually had a
big yard with a fence
aroused it, and inside the
fence was an exotic jungle
of junk.
When 1 was a kid the
junk:man was my chief
source of income. A vast,
, genial Jew ,with a benign
twinkle, he4tr,',eated us ar'one
businessman to •another.
There was little haggling on
our part, because it was the
only game in town, but on
the other hand, he didn't
--tcy-to-be, u& wn
. Prices were •established.
Pint beer bottles were worth
a lent,,' quarts two cents.
Ile'd double his money on
them. Old car tires were a
nickel. apiece.. Paper and
scrap iron were- carefully
weighed; and after a judi-
cious pause, beard cocked
to one side, he'd:say, °"1 gjf..
-you twelf cents:r
An enterprising kid could
pick himself up forty or
fifty cents a 'week, big
money .in those days. A'nd if
:we caught a nice pike in the
from big military kitchens.•
,,, Why couldn't we do the
same today? It would pro-
vide employment, stop
wasting resources, and do a
lot to clean up our environ-
ment. -
I'd be perfectly wiling to
sort my garbage into waste .
food, bottles and cans, and
newspapers. How about
you? We could all be our
own •j,u-nk-men, and do a lot
for our country.
- The Argyle.Syndicate
UTVO0R-ETHICS
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SPORTSWEAR
SIZES 9 to 13
Denim—Jeans—Shorts.—Vests
Shorts—Pants=Coats•
_ Shirts ,and Tops
Original $6.00 to $20.00
3.00; 14100
JACKETS
INCLUDES LEATHERS
GROUP ORIG S22 to S70
16.00 .„50.00
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GODER1CH
PANT DRESSES
PANT SUITS
1/2 PRICE
GROUP -ORIGINAL PRICES S40 to S119
2000 TO 58.00
COATS
INCLUDES SOME .ALL WEATHERS
GROUP ORIGINALLY 450 to '$1,09
25.001085.00 85.00
SPORTSWEAR
GROUP INCLUDES PAN rs,
' II0RTS, TOPS, SKIRTS
SWEATERS, E Tt:
ORIGINAL PRICES S1/1 to S18
9.00 To 12.00
-OPEN ALL. DAY
WEDNESDAY
OPEN FRIDAY TILL 9
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