Zurich Citizens News, 1966-03-31, Page 7THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1966
ZURICH CITIZENS. NEWS
Hens°11 Reeve Is
Concerned About
Gas Fume Danger
The news regarding an ex-
plosion in the village of Dub-
lin prompted Hensall reeve,
Minnie Noakes, to warn the
people that a similar accident
or worsecould occur in their
town, if in fact the explosion
was caused from gasoline fumes
in a local drain in Dublin.
On three ,occasions since 1962
there has been gasoline placed
in at least one of the drains
in Hensall. The latest occur-
rence was on March 20. There
was great concern on the part
of residents affected and at
one time it is believed that one
lady suffered pneumonia as the
after effects of gasoline fumes
in the drain. This practise is
not only thoughtless but also
very dangerous.
Investigators have been
called in from Toronto but so
far have not been able to trace
the source of the gasoline as
the drain had been flushed with
water on two occasions from a
fire hydrant to force the fumes
to be moved out.
This practise is, of course,
illegal and reeve Noakes is ap-
pealing to the person or per-
sons guilty of this to •cease be-
fore there is a tragedy.
0
About People
You Know ...
Melvin Glanville, of RR 1,
Hensall, has purchased the
property of Garnet Mousseau,
on South Richmond Street.
Mrs. Blighton Ferg has re-
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shipment. To the right in the photo are a couple of smaller
models of homes, while at the left is a section of a big con-
struction unit, which is being shipped to Newfoundland.
General Coach Works at Hensall are now using the
railway to transport a number of their mobilehomes to
points in eastern and western Canada. Shown here, in the
railway yards at Hensall, are a couple of cars ready for
turned home from Victoria
Hospital, London, where she
was a patient for several weeks.
Euchre Party
A successful euchre was held
Wednesday evening at the IOOF
Lodge Hall, sponsored by the
CP&T committee, with nine
tables in play. Winners were:
ladies' first, Mrs. Jim Wilson,
Exeter; lone hands, Ann Clif-
ton, Kippen; men's first, Glenn
Bell, Hensall. In the •draw the
box of groceries was won by
Glenn Bell, and the box of
chocolates, Mrs. Joe McLelland,
Hensall.
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THE SEASON FOR SNARLING
Ever have a day when you
feel depressed, even surly, with
no apparent reason? That's the
way I am today.
Usually a ,sweet -tempered,
lovable chap, I feel right now
like kicking the crutches out
from under some old gentle-
man trying to get across the
street before the light changes.
But after a wild look around
to see if there's something I
could destroy without making
my wife sore, like maybe a
paper cup, I've discovered the
source of my vile mood. There
they sit, stacked about the floor
of my study, those piles of
trivia on which I've spent the
past eight hours with no ob-
vious change in their altitude.
Exam papers.
Marking exam papers is, 1
guess, good for the soul. It's
about the only thing it is good
for. It's hard on the eyes, the
nerves, the tail bone and the
temper.
But it has a salutory effect
on the ego. It's a little like;
trying to pull in your stomach
and finding that your chest
doesn't go out any more. Or
eat:•''ling that first horrible
glimpse of the naked bald spot
which you thought was merely
a thinning on top.
Yes, it's humbling. You have
begun to build up — with no
really good reason, except that
you haven't been fired — the
idea that you're •an excellent, if
not outstanding teacher.
Then you start to read what
your students have "learned"
from you in the past six months.
N o t h i n g. Zero. You have
merely compounded their ignor-
ance. You have only confused
the simple teenage philosophies
they have acquired from tele-
vision, hootenanies, Mad mag-
azine and the poolroom.
Some young
n
a d tender
teach-
ers.
ers, faced with this shattering
moment, have been known to
turn green, rush to the school
board, offer their resignations
and even, in drastic cases, at-
tempt to pay back the salaries
they have accepted since Sep-
tember.
For the older, tougher teach-
ers, it is not quite such a trau-
matic experience. Oh, they niay
swear at bit, tear their hair a
bit, and froth slightly at the
mouth. But they do not offer
to return their salaries. The
last known case of this, among
older teachers, was in 1714.
The more experienced teach-
ers accept this disillusionment
as •they do the changing of the
seasons. They know that by
some magic alchemy of spring,
Easter holidays, parental pres-
sure, and three months of un-
relenting labor on their own
parts, it will be all sorted out
by June, and most of the kids
will advance 'a grade.
And it must be admitted that
.marking exams is not unmiti-
gated misery. It has its mo-
ments. On several occasions,
responding to peals of maniacal
laughter from my study, my
wife has dashed op the stairs,
ready to call the boys in the
white coats.
There's the student who
tries the shotgun approach.
Scatter your gems as widely as
possible and you're bound to
hit something right. One such,
in a recent history exam, iden-
tified John D. Rockefeller thus:
"He was a prime minister of
England and very important in
the labor movement". The
rumble heard at the time was
John D. trying to argue his way
back to this world so he could
strangle the kid.
Sometimes it's not funny.
On a recent exam, junior stu-
dents were asked to pick the
right verb from this sentence:
"They have (drunk, drank) all
the water". A little blonde
girl with troubled eyes chose
"drank" because, as she pointed.
out, "Drunk is not a verb. It's
a noun". She had good reason
for her answer. Her father is
one.
And then, of course, amid the
welter of confusion, comes the
sudden sRab of pure, refreshing
delight, the discovery of an
original, perceptive mind, try-
ing to make sense out of all
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of the human race. And bleary-
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