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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-06-21, Page 15ch ATES EFFECTIyt 'a. ustomer, the Mau - item et if you le pedal pnc,. uarantee. A&P ull, r MattF Ir VEA' Oda sox I6, 59 59 89 89 39 SUGAR 'N' SPICE b e�«S�� y lf1. on education don't t the Ministerwith ne at gpe9 around t droning that hyp- ndards of education lining the standards - n afe not declining , HoWever, my views strike a cord or a open wound among ny other people• nt column on has, attracted more anything I'Ve written urned out, Sex and ' That was when I d was kly editor, n tells you. ber,I e no leftover papers You want me to Sorry, I'm a school ,w, and as everyone ept a lot of teachers, chers must maintain est standar-ds dastef . osf was harmless. Just a sell papers when cir- as slumping a bit. as I? Oh, yes, letters cation. Following are' erpts from letters, om ordinary readers, e such creatures. I've met a person who himself ordinary. should I? We're an ary lot. If you don't , take a good look at then at your neigh= n at our "leaders". be a lot of riffraff, 's not one who is or- merchant: "You have blicly what a great us think, but • our communication is not s yours. The Mickey d Donald Duck cour- have in high schools Iled colleges now big joke if they were harm to our young were not so costly ... appear from the the meetings that all I in education land dom is heard a ng word. -In our local Denontme OWER HOP' Agent for 24 -hr. IM_DEVELOPING llEEEfF Philosopher APAQION SPOT it AMA ABOUT CEV.KFEETWflV VLONG E FEETE, • AND AU�IAys .:: MINE 01»EQ SIDE OF THE STREET ! Piirh ta E'S BP ice Station and scoff*. Shop Huron Rd:, Goderich 524.6871 tr brain factory, the students semm to be running the sideshow." From a mother: "We have seen the system deteriorate rapidly. We have a son in last year law and one daughter in her last year university who managed to be outstanding students who could read, write and spell and didn't have wise and wonderful sex education in the school, What has that brought us? An epidemic of v.d. and related social problems." She goes on: "Another problem is too many working mothers. Women's Lib will hate me! One of our finest teachers told me he could tell in a week which children had mothers in the home, and which ones had working mothers." From an ex -teacher: I am one who was educated in the old way and used to love gram- mar class ... My daughter, who is a Grade 2 teacher, says what terrible English the children use... I'm sure that the high school students of today who are dropping their language courses are doing it because they don't have the basic English grammar." From a minister: "Let me put in a word for poor spellers ... Teachers insist that spelling laws are like the laws of the Medes and the Persians—un- changing, unchangeable, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be ... So generation after generation we persist in foisting (or is it foysting) the spelling quirks of the middle ages unto our children." Ws foisting, but I agree. From a teacher: "I do not wish to needlessly send your blood pressure up another point, but sorrow likes com- pany and your May 24th article was welcomed in our school as a most timely and healthy counterbalance to the irresponsible article from the Blank County Board of Education ... our board likes to be very avant-garde in the rush towards doomsday." Hey, teach, --there's' a split infinitive in` your opening sentence. Well, that's just a sampling of the letters, I don't agree with everything theysay, but I'm... pleased there is evident concern about the quality of' education. And I don't plan to keep hacking away at the subject. There's nothing duller than a farmer who can talk about nothing but farming, an editor who can talk about nothing but newspapers, or a teacher who whines all the time about education. It's near the end of June and 1 m too hot and tired to get ex cited about much of anything. I've • just crawled out from under an avalanche of 255 essays and short stories which I marked in my "spare time" and I have almost ceased to care how --anybody spells anything. And I must say that there's a tremendous interest in education during that last week • or so. Guys and dolls who have spent approximately .as much time this year on their school work as I have spent being a millionaire have suddenly lost all their apathy. They come up to their teachers with the most appealing, wistful smiles and wonder whether they are going to be recommended, or whether they'll have to write the exams. They're pitiful and pathetic, but- they'll see that old Smiley has a heart of solid steel. Or butter. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE^21, 1973 --PAGE 3* Northern Ireland visitor hereon Jr. Farmerexchange It's a long way from Nor- thern Ireland to Canada and for Bertha Harkness, a Nor- thern Irish woman visiting here in Canada, it's a long way just from one town to another in Ontario. Miss Harkness,' has been visiting recently on, the farm of Louis Phelan, RR 2 Blyth. Her hosts are Jim and Joe 'Phelan as part of the Junior Farmer exchange program. Her home is. a one hundred acre farm in County Antrim, about 16 miles from Belfast. The average farm in Nor- thern Ireland, she says, is about 60 acres so her family's is one of the larger units. Land values are high there with farm land selling for about 1,000 :about pounds per ($2,500). Farming acre is more intensive,. however. On the Harkness farm about 100 head of .beef cattle are housed at the farm and, "We're buildinx it up all the time," she said. She says her part of Ireland is similar in appearance to Huron County except for the hedges. In Ireland, she says, there are no fences, just hedges and everyone must have a hedge cutter. "You can imagine what a job it is to keep the hedges cut when you have 100 acres com- prised of three acre fields. Then too, it grows so fast due to one fast growing season." Another difference is that ....there are no maple trees in Ireland. She says she's tempted to take one home but doesn't think they'd let her through customs with it. The suddenness of spring in Dear Ann Landers: Will you please say a • few words to executive husbands who think repair work around the house is beneath their dignity? When I married Jim 1 expected to be a mother, housekeeper, cook, nurse, psychiatrist and bed par- tner. did rot plan on being an electrian, plumber, carpenter, painter and tilesetter. A few weeks ago I asked Jim to replace- a light bulb. What could be simpler than that? Well, he jammed the bulb. in crooked and it broke. I suggested he get it out with or- dinary pliers, but he kept .yelling, "I'm not going to elec- trocute myself to save a lousy .few bucks." - The electrician came (two days later), spent three -minutes at our house and charged $20. Inflation has us strapped even though we are in the up- per-income group. It costs too much money • to call in somebody --for- --every- -- minor repair job. I'm not the only woman with this problem, Ann. My neighbor tells me her husband couldn't figure out how to put on a new roll of toilet paper. (He's a lawyer.) My mother (now in her 60's) - does all her own repair work because father botches everything. (another executive.) What goes on in YOUR house, Ann Landers? Does your husband do any minor repair work? C'mor and tell us. --- Nosy But Interested. Dear Nosy: I- haven't asked my husband to repair anything in years. I learned Jong ago that it's cheaper to call a repairman BEFORE he bot- ches the job. Some men are handy'around the house and others think a screwdriver is for screwing things u -p. So, my advice is, don't ask your husband to do odd jobs unless he knows what he's doing. Do them yourself or hire them done, even. though you'll pay through the nose. Dear Ann: Our ten -year-old son is a wonderful -looking boy but his ears stick out at right angles to his head. I noticed this when he was an infant and hoped he - would outgrow it• when his head became larger, but it didn't happen. In fact, it's become progressively worse. The kids at school tease him about it. (Children can be very' cruel; you know.) Last night he naked ifT thought it-would-help-- if twould-help--..if he slept with a band around his head. He said it as a joke but I know he meant it. I've hear "stick -out ears" can be cor.ected by surgery..Is it safe? Does it work? Is 't per- manent? Is it sens ?--- Sympathetic Mom Dear Morn: The operation is simple, safe and effective. The boy obviously wants to have it done and I hope you will go along with it. It could change Ontario surprised her. "The trees seem to come out overnight," she says "and the grass seems to grow over- night." . The violence in Belfast has curtailed the social life.of her pert of the country, Miss Harkness says. It used to be that people she knew would go into Belfast for a show but not anymore. Yet there is no trouble in the country where the Young Far- mers Club (a combination of our 4-H clubs and Junior Far- , mers) has both Catholic and -Protestant members and works well. She says the problems in Ireland are not really between Catholics and Protestants but more because of Communist agitation with the two armed sides getting arms from Com- munist and Arab countries. The religious argument was only an excuse to fight she says. She is saddened by the fact the violence will mean that no Canadians will be going to Nor- thern Ireland in the exchange this year. The Young Farmers group is doing so much to help the young people of Ireland she says, so she wishes Canadians could visit the farms there to make it a true exchange. She says there are many beautiful farms there she'd like to show off. Miss . Harkness started her visit to Canada in Brant Coun- try then attended a conference at Guelph before going east to Glengarry, Lennox •and Ad- dington counties. -Then there was an enjoyable break as all 10 delegates from Britain spent a weekend in Algonquin Park fishing, relaxing, canoeing and travelling the nature trails. Then it was on to Halton county. There was a noticeable dif- ference in the pace of life bet- ween the eastern counties and Halton, she says. Things were ' much more relaxed in the east but when she visited Halton, the ,pepple.-_were tense and rushing ;everywhere. She at- tributes this to the close proximity. to Toronto. She says people in the area are very con- cerned about their farms being swallowed up by urban sprawl. From Huron they will go on to Kent county to end up the tour. Then the delegates, four from England, four from Scotland and two from Ireland will tour the Canadian west on th'ic own. They hope to drive to the west coast then back through the United States. Again • the distance comes into play. Miss Harkness points out that it is almost as far to the west coast from Toronto as Ireland is from Toronto and it took seven hours to fly to :Toronto. She notes that in Ireland few would think of driving 50 miles but here 'people do it as a mat- ter of course. No doubt when she gets home the people there will be as fascinated by her tales of this country as people here are about Ireland, nearby some of his life. Your doctor can direct you. - - Dear Ann Landers: I read, with more than a little envy, that letter about "my wonder- ful grandma." My little boy could have, written this one:: My grandma is nearly' 60. She thinks she's 40 and tries to ac;t„ like 18. My grandma held me on her lap once ---when -we all posed for a ' family picture. She has never held niv little sister. . My grandma never buys us .presents, bakes us cookies or praises the things we do in school. My grandma thinks she is perfect so she will never see herself in this letter. ---Ignored Grandchild Dear'Child: One day, when you get older, you will. come to understand that the real problem is between your grand- mother and your mother and it z •has. nothing to do -with you. Huron County Historical Society enjoys bus tour On June 12, 38 members and friends of Huron County Historical Society took a bus trip to Brantford where they visited the Brant County Museum, the Bell. Homestead, Pauline Johnson's home and the Mohawk Church St. Paul's. Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks, the only Indian Chapel Royal in the world - It was built in 1785 shortly after the arrival of the Six Nations on the Grand. Birthplace of the telephone, Brantford with its rich, historical back -ground and its many significant places of in- terest, has always left a lasting impression on its many visitors. "Chiefswood" is a literary shrine and museum, which honors the memory of one of Canada's most loved poets. It is the only Indian Mansion in OWER INTEREST RATES Now Available On 1ST. AND 2ND MORTGAGES Anywhere in Ontario On ENTJAL, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL and -FARM PROPERTIES �..�Finsltai ent n9 For Now .Construction & Land For Representatives In Your Area Phone '$AFEWAY INVESTMENTS AND CONSULTANTS LIMITED Mice I5 94 ,4 74535 Collect Weber St. E. Kitchener, Ont. 7414Bxlsting Mortgages for Instant Cash Canada of historic significance to survive from Pre - Confederation days. It was erected in 1853 by 'Chief G.H.M. Johnson, a distinguished leader., of the Six Nations, as a wedding gift to his bride, Emily Howells, a cultured English lady of Bristol, England. The Six Nations Indians have been famed in history for their unswerving loyalty to the British Crown for over 200 years' This loyalty was in- strumental in establishing English Canada, for which fealty they were granted magnificent lands bordering the Grand River.. The tribes still live on these, few. remaining lands in the County of Brant. It was upon this Reserve that Pauline Johnson was born in 1861. She became the voice of the Indian race in the English tongue. No book of poetry by a Canadian has out -sold her collected verse, Flint and Feather. The group is invited to the Would Legalizing abortion at - Ieast eliminate criminal abor- tions? This is purely wishful thinking, and a completely false statement. Consistent ex- perience has been that when Taws are liberalized, the the thelegl abortion rate skyrockets, illegal abortion rate does not drop, but frequently also rises. The reason consistently given is the relative lack of privacy of the official procedures. (Europe, Japan, Colorado). August 15 meeting of the Bayfield Historical Society. At the last council meeting. those present unanimously en- dorsed the efforts of the Goderich Save the, Jail Com- mittee to preserve the old jail in its entirety, as what they are trying to accomplish coincides with the aims and°.nbjects of the Huron County Historical Society. For All Your Lumber & Building Needs see JOHN JEFFERY & SONS Phone 524-8171 family support the mentally retarded The symbol of friendship 4 ATTENTION VETERANS Ex -Service Men and Women and Dependents THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION SERVICE BUREAU OFFICER Mr. H.W. Mer Provincial Service Officer _ London -Ontario____.. will be visiting In the area Anyone wishing Information, advice or assistance, regarding war disability pensions, treatment, allowances, etc., Is requested to contact the service officer, or secretary, of the local branch, whose name appears below, not Tater than June 25, 1973 to arrange an Interview. 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Telephone. 362-1 848. 11,4 CANADA WEEK PROCLAMATION To honour Canada, our land created by the fusion of two founding cultures, enriched by .the contribution of many other cultures, fatherland of all Canadians; To honour this country, home of over 22,000,000 people; proud of their heritage and the freedom they enjoy; To honour this land of peace and prosperity, this promised land of untold''resources; To honour this country which is ours, of which we all are proud, I hereby proclaim the week of June 25 to July 1 "CANADA WEEK". Thus I Invite the citizens of Town of Goderich to celebrate It by striving to know our country better, by flying our flag and displaying our symbols. 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