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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
DASHWOOD
The final euchre was held
March 16 with 14 tables. Prizes
were awarded to the most lone
hands. Mrs. Ken McCrae; High,
ladies, Mrs. John Rader; men,
Elgin Rader low, Mrs, lIilda
Wein and Bill Blackwell.
SURPRISE ANNIVERSARY
March 16 was Mr. and Mrs.
Art Haugh's 50th wedding an-
niversary, but it didn't look
like much celebrating as Mr.
Haugh is a patient in St. Jos-
eph's Hospital, where he is
slowly recovering following
surgery. However the nurses
staged a party for them. They
gathered and sang happy Anniv-
ersary and served refreshments.
The couple were married
in Dashwood and have two sons,
Glen, Solana Beach, Californ-
ia, Robert, Exeter, and one
daughter Mrs. Joe (Jean) Ilart-
man, London.
Louis Fahner, of Chawvin,
Alberta, who has been visiting'
relatives in the surrounding
communities spent a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Becker
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Keyes
and family, of Kingston were
weekend visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Becker and family.
Prior to Louis Fahner leaving
for home, a fancily gathering
was held at the home of his
son and wife, Air. and Mrs.
Lloyd Fahner. Present were
Mr. and Mrs. Art Baker, Grand
Bend, Mr. and Airs. Bill Becker
and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Fahner and family, Thed
ford and Mr. and Airs. Gerald
Keyes and family, Kingston.
Mrs. Susan Snider, of Zurich,
spent the weekend with Mrs.
Marie Restemayer and Edward
of Guelph.
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There are times in the life
of every mother, 1 suppose,
when she begins to wonder
whether or not her children will
ever respond to the tender lov-
ing care she has lavished upon
them.
Mothers come in all shapes
and sizes, it's true, but the
real honest -to -goodness mom
is one who feels for her kids
like no one else on earth - and
hopes against hope that her
children will be a credit to her.
the community and themselves
one day.
Most of the time, my three
offspring are about normal in
the good and bad department.
They have their days, nioment5
when I would gladly disown
the lot of them. , . but for the
most part they are just average
kids with the same weakness es
as other humans.
Then there are days when
something happens to make me
appreciate my kids... and at
the same time fear for them
lest they fall into some of the
terrible habits waiting for man-
kind to experience. I had just
such an occasion the other day
and I want to tell you about it,
I was walking down the street
in my town. I was just lagging
along, not really thinking of
anything special and not rea fly
caring that I was out of the
scene and the action of the
moment.
Eventually I was aware of a
conversation going on in rather
ear -shattering pitch and my
attention was drawn to a group
of youngsters about the age of
10 or 12 years. They were mour
ted on bikes the way boys are
in the springtime and shouting
back and forth at each other.
There seemed to be an argu-
ment. I would say there was
one boy in the crowd who was
disliked by the others... and
he was getting the rub. Up to
that point, I wasn't worried.
The noise didn't concern me,
nor did the argument because
I know how kids banter back
and forth when they are angry.
Suddenly the words became
audible... quite audible. And
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what I heard and couldn't shut
out was a stream of obscenity
such as you wouldn't expect
to hear at the wildest adult
party. It wasn't cursing. It
was plain and utter filth and
I was sickened by the tone of
it.
As the cyclists moved away
maybe two or three blocks -
the shouting continued. There
was no mistaking the words
and there was no end to them
until I finally turned in at my
destination and closed the
door behind me.
Now I'm not a prude. I'm
not so naive as to believe that
kids don't know most of the
facts of life. Heaven knows we
try to keep tliem informed
through the third-rate sex
movies and trashy GBG -type
tripe we call drama.
What leaves me cold is the
utter disregard these kids dis-
played for the feelings of others
who might be within earshot.
Whether it was the age-old
attempt to feel grown-up
through mimic or whether it
was nothing more than foul-
mouthed children letting loose,
I was appalled to think that I.
had to be subjected to this
kind of episode and more than
that, that my children are
probably enjoying a steady
diet of this kind of conversat-
ion and coming to believe it
is just ordinary language.
When I arrived home, I
immediately set upon my
children. I told them of the
picnic in the street and expl-
ained to them the difference
between back alley prattle
quietly spoken among acquaint.
ances who were similarly
minded and screaming it out
in a public street forcing all
pedestrians to listen.
My eldest son nodded know -
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1971
ingly, I didn't give up. I was
hepped up on the idea of teach,
ing my kids right from wrong
and I was going to pursue it
until I got an answer.
Finally I got my answer.
"Mom why do you think
everybody acts the same?"
came the reply.
And for the first time that
evening I had faith in my kids
again and realized that maybe
just maybe - I was doing my
job as a parent.
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