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The Lost Cause
t has been said that the road to
is paved with good intentions.
In ether words, good intentions are
net enough, we must back them with
stet -n or they :ire a lost cause and
cont for nothing. One philosopher
0served that there was nothing
w F with building castles in the
air, providing we were prepared to
p.., foundations under them.
In every community there are
many people with wonderful ideas
wh:eh are never implemented or
bre .tight to fruition. It is a shame
that these ideas are not brought to
life n the form of tangible projects,
but that is part of our way of life
today. The big question is why
aren't these suggestions ever fol-
:01,etd through? There are two pos-
sible answers to the question.
Many people have good ideas and
mak e wonderful suggestions but they
aways want someone else to put
them into effect. They are not pre-
pared to work on them and develop
them themselves. They give ideas
te governments, churches, service
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1967
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chubs and often just to other indi-
viduals and ask them to do some-
thing about it but they are not will-
ing to assume the responsibility and
effort required to do something
about it themselves. Then they com-
plain if those asked do nothing
about it.
Some people with good ideas which
they cannot carry through them-
selves are unable to "sell" their ideas
to those who could put them into
effect. After making the suggestion
s the
once, if it did not meet approval,
idea was dropped and nothing but
complaining was done afterwards.
Our community and our country
could be better places in which to
live if every good idea or suggestion
was worked on by those who dreamed
them up until something was pro-
duced as a result of the suggestion.
Let those who have good ideas keep
working on them until they become
monuments to the memory of that
person instead of a lost cause in the
history of the community. --(Nanton
(Alta.) News)
Time To Crack Down
The publicity given to auto safety
in the past few years has been tre-
mendous. New safety features have
become mandatory on all models and
still others will be coming next year.
We hear of automobile firms recall-
ing tars, sometimes by the thou-
sands, because of some defect which
they may possibly have.
With ith all of this we can still pick
up our newspapers and read that
mere people than ever are being
killed or mained in traffic accidents.
If the cars have become safer, the
drivers in control of them apparently
have not. It is undoubtedly true
that mechanical defects account for
a percentage of traffic accidents.
But it is a small percentage. The
main cause, as it has always been, is
the person behind the wheel. For
some drivers the only safe car is
locked and in a garage.
There is only one way to reduce the
tragic toll on the roads and it is an
obvious one. The court must begin
to crack down hard on all traffic of-
fenders. The time has come to met-
ing out minor fines and basing a
driver's performance on a system of
demerit points which is far too leni-
ent. It is time to start removing
the menaces -behind the wheels from
the road. The only way to reduce
the hazards of driving on our trowel-
ed roads is to eliminate the people
who create them.
The courts should suspend the
driving privileges of all persons con-
victed of traffic offences, with the
suspensions varying according to the
degree of seriousness of the offence.
Even a single week's suspension of
a licence is far more likely to make
a driver aware of his responsibilities
than a fine which can be paid and
quickly forgotten. And there should
be no room in a traffic court for the
sob story which so often gets a sym-
pathetic ear: that the offender de-
pends on his driver's licence for his
living. Such a person has a special
responsibility to adhere to the rules
and regulations of the road.
There will never be safe cars with-
out safe drivers. Let's keep improv-
ing on the mechanical product by all
means, but let's also get down to the
real nub of the problem. Drivers
who are unable to accept their re-
sponsibilities to others when they
get behind the wheel should be taken
off from the roads. Too many of
them are literally getting away with
murder.—(Elmira Signet)
(Jervis Studio)
Marled rrled in Lutheran Church
TAYLOR—THIEL
White garden daisies, gladioli
and lighted candelabra formed
the setting for a double -ring
ceremony, in which Eunice
Helen Thiel and Douglas Hart-
ley Taylor exchanged wedding
vows on August 5, 1967, in St.
Peter's Lutheran Church, Zur-
ich. Rev. Andrew Blackwell
officiated and Rev. Paul Fischer
of Waterloo assisted in the
ceremony.
The bride is the daughter •of
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Thiel,
Zurich, and the groom is the
son of Mrs. Harvey Taylor,
Brucefield, and the late Mr.
Taylor.
Given in marriage by her fa-
ther, the bride chose a floor -
length gown styled with an em-
pire waist which was accented
with appliqued alencon lace.
The gown„ `of peau glo, covered
with crystal organza, had long
lily -point sleeves and was high-
lighted by a long, flowing train
of crystal organza falling from
the waist and held by matching
alencon lace. Her shoulder -
length French illusion veil was
crowned by a pearl and petal
headpiece and she carried a
cascade of white cymbidium
orchids, stephanotis and trail-
ing varigated ivy.
Matron of honor, Mrs. Will
Coeck, Dashwood, wore a floor -
length gown of pale mint green,
similar in style to the bride's
gown, but with a floor -length
train of crystal organza. Her
headpiece was a mint green
wedding ring with an •organza
rose at the back, which was
veiled 11 g h t 1 y. Bridesmaids
were Miss Nancy Lannin, of
Dublin, friend of the bride, and
Mrs. Mary Lou Driscoll, of
Walton, sister of the groom.
Bridesmaids were attired simil-
arly to the matron of honor.
They carried a cascade of white
garden daisies and trailing ivy.
The flower girl, Miss Shelley
From
My ►' indow
The day my husband suggest-
ed that we go camping on our
holidays this year was the day
I was Finally convinced that he
was a candidate for the peculiar
palace. I — the woman who
cursed picnics and similar out-
ings—would not be enticed
into a seven-day stint in a .na-
ture -infested park somewhere
in the middle of a patch of
abandoned acres.
And I wasn't either. Our
camping outing lasted for only
three days and nights, and be-
lieve it •cr not, I was the one
who hated to leave.
By Shirley Keller
were carried on gentle breezes
to the utter ends of the earth,
so it seemed, with no one to
be too badly disturbed but the
birds and the bees who didn't
care anyway.
Unless you have experienced
it yourself, you will not under-
stand how pleasant •camping
can be. I found it is
the perfect life for a lazy, care -
Jess, sloppy individual like me.
As one fellow -camper told me,
"You Esther like it, or you
don't". I did.
You wake up in the morning
as usual. with the kids holler-
ing and the baby crying. But
the noise isn't trapped within
the plastered walls of a house.
The screams of our offspring
The beds were made by easi-
ly straightening the bed rolls.
Kids were dressed in anything
handy. Breakfast could be
early or late—big or litle. No-
body cared because there was
nothing special to do and all
the time in the world to do it.
Dishes were the only headache
but even that chore was more
bearable with the warm sun on
your back and the tune of a
song sparrow in your ears.
Daytime hours were endless
with all kinds of opportunity to
sit or lean or totally recline.
Think as hard as you would,
there were no household duties
to perform. Except for umpir-
ing the occasional spat between
the older children and retriev-
ing the baby from the edge of
the stream, there was absolute-
ly nothing for mother to do but
relax and be thankful. -
Meal time was a joy. Food
was prepared simply and the
family ate like hungry bears.
Not once did I hear the com-
plaint, "I don't like this". If
the youngest eater cared to
throw his dinner down, it was
a reward for the woodsy crea-
tures who lived silently and
secretly beneath our table.
Evenings were long and
peaceful. Little eyelids droop-
ed early at our campsite as a
day of exploring and discovery
ended round a sleepy, restful
fire. With the kids off to bed
in a cosy trailer filled with
fresh air, there was lots of time
left for mom and dad to sit
under the stars and talk while
the logs burned slowly down-
ward and the smoke curled
dreamily upward.
There was no television to in-
terupt conversation. No tele-
phone or doorbells to beckon.
Few neighbors to watch. No
traffic to fight. No customers
to please. No company to en-
tertain. With not one single
attachment to the worl around,
our family was suspended for
a while in a place where temp-
ers were even, smiles replaced
frowns and contentment
reigned,
You bet. We've been bitten
by the camping bug and winter-
time this year will he a period
of getting ready for next sum-
mer's longer holiday in the
woods. No wonder Captain
John Smith chose life with an
Indian princess to ruling a
house anywhere else.
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Brown, of Newtonville, a niece
of the groom, was also wearing
a floor -length gown •of mint
green and carried a gathering
basket of daisies and ivy.
Morris Taylor, of Varna,
brother of the groom, was best
man. Gerald Thiel, of Zurich,
brother of the bride, and Bob
Grunewald, of Clinton, friend of
the groom, ushered guests.
Mrs. Jack Turkheim, Zurich,
played the wedding music and
accompanied the soloist, Miss
Elaine Westlake, also of Zurich,
who sang "0 Perfect Love" and
"The Wedding Prayer".
The wedding dinner and re-
ception were held in the Dash-
wood Community Hall, where
the bride's mother received in
a light beige crepe sheath, with
bodice of coffee brown lace and
wearing a feather pill -box hat
and beige and brown accessor-
ies.. She was •assisted by the
groom's mother, who chose a
dusty rose silk shantung sheath,
with white pill -box hat and
white accessories. They each
wore a corsage of pink carna-
tions.
Guests were present from
Burlington, Sundridge, Water-
loo, Oakville, Ottawa, Chatham,
London, Newtonville, Embro,
Clinton, Exeter, Brucefield, Zur-
ich and Dashwood.
For a honeymoon trip to east-
ern and northern points, the
bride chose a two-piece pale
oyster double crepe ensemble
with picture hat and accessor-
ies in navy blue, and a corsage
of red roses.
The couple will make their
home in Exeter.
Prior to the marriage the
bride was feted by miscellan-
eous showers held by Mrs. Bill
Johnson and Miss Nancy Lan-
nin in Woodstock; another in
the home of Mrs. Charles Thiel,
Zurich, and also a kitchen
shower given by Mrs. John
Driscoll, of Walton.
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