HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-03-27, Page 18•pA! ,xg. 0,1 . SIGNAL, -5T R, THURSDAY, 'MARCH
Everyyear about this time, I "Yeah; %ugh. Oh well, he'll cost more than his father had '
saved in eight years for the first „
turn a deep green, 'almost h be dead by ten o'clock anya can „ mortage e on his houso.
tukquoise , shade, with. pure, sneak outa the hotel and, hit the g
unadul�teratedenvy. vino joints ana bullfighters ' Jeff: "Well, a few of us are
This\i's brought about by that anall." gonna Colorado to ski. Snot
,.fairly new occasion in school "Ya. Rideon. Hay, javnee bad. Just three hunnertanady
life known as "Winter Break;" trouble geddin brea4 for your bucks for a week." This is just
It is a week's holiday during trip?" twice what his father earned a
March, in ' which the poor, ,„4' "Ista. - Worked three weeks month when Jeff was born.
ground -down students, near a - last summer an saved twenny , , So. Mixed with my envy is a
state of total exhaustion from bucks, before they fired me. good solid streak of rage. Rage
not doing their homework, Tole the oleman-iddus, that I was born at the wrong
skipping school and sleeping at discrimination caws Ise bedder time, in the wrong place, in the
their desks, have a chance to • lookin than the head waitress.
recharge their "desks, have a . He bleeved me. Then 'I tole im
chance to recharge their Ise gonna goda Manpower. an
batteries for the , terrible, geddanother job. He bleeved
gruelling term ahead, during me. Tole Manpower I wannad a
which they will be worn to a job as a go-go girl. They didden
frazzle from not doing their havnee. So he put up the other
homework, skipping even more four hunnert. He allus wannada
school .because the weather is travel himself, poor ole slob. He
better, and . falling in love never even godda cross the
because it's spring. border."
It's not that I have anything "Ya. Minesa same. He's allus
against winter break as such, • tokkin bout South See Islands
or holidays in general. Far anthat. Antha Depression.
from it. If I had my way, we'd Antha war. Drag. Putt him on a
also have a fall break and a south sea island with a'coconut
spring break and school, four in one hand, a broad in the
days a week the rest of the other. anna lagoon in front ofim,
time. an he wooden' know which to
My envy is churned up by the take a bite outa. Kinda sad.
seemingly limitless op- Hey, where's Timmynthem
portunities the rotten kids have going."
these days, to see the world, ' "Oh, they're gonna Russia.
something I have desired Good deal. They. goddan extra
fiercely since I was about four, week offa school. Swurth the
and have never been able to extra hundred bucks."
fulfill. Now,. gentle reader, it's not
You should hear the young. as though our students actually
that It's just that they
blighters,-, _m the classrooms, talk likeµ _. •
wrong economic climate.
It took me 21 years,. and a lot
of hard, heap •labor, and the
risking of my life'many times,
to get out of this country and
see some of the great cities. of
the world, only to find,the'm
bleak and blacked -out. -
I'ye been busting my butt
ever since, raising a family and
paying off mortgages, too busy
and too broke to travel.
And yet .... and yet ... I feel
almost sorry for these kids. It's
all too easy. None of -them can
ever have the heart -thudding
thrill I had when I first rolled
into one of the great stations of
London, England.
And none of them can' ever
have the heart -thudding thrill I
had as I rolled out of one of the
great Berlin stations, the
bombs falling happily behind
me.
Watch out
sound as thou they tai nke
. and th,�,corri'dors. � l � _f-0i__fi•irvttor•
"Hi, Liz. Where y'- going' ; that. ' -
winnerbrake? We're go'na And I guess you can see that
the. - --foregoing conversation
"Hey, great. We're there reflects quite vividly my bitter
lasyear. Snot bad. Lotta • envy of these young punks who
statutesnstuff. We got inna the take off for Moscow.and London
wine. Terry puked all overtha av a as we uRome lth sed tout,as much
to have if we
teach.
"Hey, great. But wearya „were going to spend a Saturday
goin' this -year. Yer nawgunna night in the nearest big town.
jis stay ,•.homers get mouldy, Aside from those Who are
arya?" flying to faraway, exotic places
"Helno. I'm gonna Spain. that yotr ...and ' I have only
Sounds great. Bullfighters and dreamed of, there are the
flamencos. Hey, whatsa others. Ask them what they're
flamenco.? Trouble is, we got doing during winter break.
ore. Droopy -Drawers anis wife Jim: "Oh, I'm jis, gonna
for chaperones, and, he allus smash aroun in the snowmobile
wantsa goda museums an all a liddel an maybe hit the pubs a
that." • -few nights:" The snowmobile
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The Goderich and District destruction - free abortion on .
Pro Life Association held ith demand - should just treat it as
monthly meeting in the Queen ... "It's my body, you know, -I
Elizabeth School, Goderich, on have a right over my own
Monday evening, March 17. Co- body." You do have a right over
chairman NIrs• Connie Osborn 'your own body - it is your body.
welcomed the members. But the fetus is NOT your body.
Secretary Mrs. Harriet It's somebody else's body. And
Klazinga read the minutes of if you 'kill it, you'll have to
the last meeting.explain.
The Youth Seminar to be held The treasurer's report was
in Toronto on Saturday, March given by Mrs. Alice Krohmer.
22, was discussed. The Infor- The annual meeting for The
mal . Workshop .Tor members Voice of the • Unborn, the
was planued for the latter part Wingham and District Pro Life
of April, Group , will be held on Wed -
Correspondence received nesday, April 9. Guest speaker
from the Huron Central will be Dan Murphy, Goderich
Agricultui al Society regarding I a�� ,;
"-
the
the Clinton Spring Fair to be
held on June 6, 7 and 8 was
read. It was decided to reserve
a space for the group',s booth at
this fair.
The Right to Life in Lambton
County requested materials for
a book of poetry entitled
"Lyrics for Life", Photographs
emphasized the beauty of all
4 -lumen Life.
' Other correspondence was
read from Foundation For Life
and the College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Ontario. In
.answer to correspondence to
Pierre Trudeau, a letter from.
Patricia Lacroix, correspon-
dent assistant with an excerpt
from Prime Minister • Pierre
Trudeau's remarks at Sault At tpis point; orders for in
- I w read. -.Entitled;.'• excess of ,,C90 -bulbs. have been
.:-• - Ste:. Marie __._ .,..� ...
•-- - "The Prime Mislister Opposes . pI ced. Public' advertising"'wil'l
Free Abortion Ori Demand', it "commence March 27 for two
The Ontario Provincial stated: weeks only. 1975,
;Po ain e w --thaw with -the ap- -7prime MinistefT dnn't know- - In additionthe sale for
to ,
proach of warm weather, if your slogan is "free •abortion
building repair cheats will be on' demand", but quite frankly
active across the province. it is not mine. At some point you
These gyp -artists prey on the • are killing life in • the fetus.
elderly and unsuspecting home Whether it's after three months
owner, overcharging for roof, or eight months, at some point
chimney, siding and driveway an abortion is. killing. I will
repairs. never say that the person who
If you are approached by kills doesn't have to answer in
anyone to contract for repairs, some way . for that, killing and
be sure . they represent a - justify it in some way. And if I
legitimate and responsible kill a man in self-defence, I
company. Sign nothing and pay should be able to explain the
nothing until you are sure that causes of it and the courts will
dealin with an honest
,. In new business., the motion
-was approved to have the Past
President on the Board of
Directors to give guidance' to
the new executive. .
As the year ends,£Sep-
tember 30, It was decided •to
hold the Annual Convention on
either the third*s- or fourth
Wednesday in October. It was
decided' to contact , Doctor
De`Veber to be guest speaker,
May 4 to May 11 is "Respect
for Life Week".
•
The next meeting will be held
as an `Information Workshop
for members, the date and
place to be announced.
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Legion tulip bulb
sales good; orders
still beintiien
As a result of recent publicity
and the efforts of the Branch"
109 Tulip Campaign . Com-
mittee, the commitment to
supply , 10,000 tulip . bulbs to
Town of Goderich citizens is
well under way. '
private use, the Branch will
plant 1,600 bulbs in public
locations. A letter has been sent
to community -Organizations,
offering to donate,bulbs for use
in additional public areas.
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established" businessman., kills her child, or if a doctor
Remember, a reputable con- kills a fetus imself-defence - of
tractor will not usually demand what? of the moth 's health or
a large deposit before starting of her happiness o `".f her social
a job. rights or her privilege as a
If you don't know the con- human_ being? - I think' she
tractor — don't trust him: .should have to answer for•it and
Check on his reliability. explain. Now, whether it should
Should you have any doubt, be to three doctors or one
contact your local police doctor or to a priest or to her
department or nearest detach- mother-in-layv is, a question you
,, ment of the Ontario Provincial might want to argue. But I do
Police, says Fred R. Blucher, ' not believe, as I� think the ex -
Chief Inspector and Director of treme case is put very often by
the Community Services the Women's Lib, that a person,
Branch, O.P.P. who commits this ' act of
force' me to do it. If a mother
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.It's -time for rejoicing and recollection . , . a time to' offer reverent
thanks for rebirth, growth and new beginnings . .
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greening of .the .earth will mark a new awakeiting,
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