The Huron Expositor, 1976-12-02, Page 20I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ONE — Dianne Beuerman
admires some of the handmade sewing and crafts ,
that were On sale Saturday at the St. James' OWL
bazaar. (Expositor Photo)
county's 330 teachers. voted.
Contract details won't be
released until the teachers'
representatives have met with the
board, negotiating committee
chairman Graham Yeats said. The
two sides will draw up a joint
statement to be released later this
week.
According to a fact-finder's
report released Nov. 3, the
teachers refused an earlier offer
of an average eight per cent
increase plus a 1,7 per cent cost of
living bonus, Oct.7.
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when an alarm clock rings. The the five days Wore Christmas
the C. of C. committee fh, charge
of the event said.
Christmas in Seaforth got
underway, with a vengeance this
week and featured February
storms that brought record low
temperatures and driving snow.
Despite the weather P.U.C.
crews completed installation of
lighted Christmas wreaths on
Main Street light standards and
erected a lame Christmas tree in
fkrwie Meeker, know to all
Canadians for his televised period
Conlnientary and criticism of
National Hockey League games,
was one of the guest speakers to
Canadian Weekly Newspaper
people at their annual convention
in Halifax this, summer. Mr.
Meeker is now a resident of St.
Johns, Newfoundland, where he
is recreational director for that
city,
•In his introductory sentences,
Mr. Meeker said that he well
\knew the important part played
by small-town newspapers. He
harked back to his childhood at
New Hamburg, Ontario, saying
that he vividly recalled the thrill
of that first time he saw his name
in print. It was in "The Indepen-
dent" when he was mentioned in
a hockey story, being credited
with an "assist." From this
humble start, he said he-always
read the weekly newspapers, as
his hockey, skills expanded, and
he was on, teams playing in
neighbouring towns. He was
named in the Milverton Sun, the
Elmira Signet, the Erin Advocate,
and finally he, now in Junior
Hockey, made the daily press. It
was a big thrill to see his name on
. the sports page" of • the Galt
Reporter. "You of the weekly
press," Mr. Meeker said, "have
established a tradition of
community service that has
earned fox you a mdst influential
position in your home towns. It is
a dog-gone important job you are
doing, and I urge you, plead with
you, to maintain that position. Go
back to your home towns, and use
all of your hard-won influence to
do something for our young
people. For the young of today
are being shamefully neglected in
one of the most important phases
of their development."
Mr. Meeker was harshly
critical of the way "juvenile
sports" are being handled. He
said that today we have a
fascination with "spectator
sports" where it takes forty •or
more people working in. an -
organization to produce a
- "game" that can be enjoyed by
young people, •and keep them
happily and instructively engaged
during their leisure hours. "But
we are not," Mr. Meeker said
"teaching them games and
pastimes that they can enjoy, with
a single friend, or a small group
of friends. A group that they can
organize themselves, at their
convenience, any time, and on
very short notice."
Tennis and golf, Mr.. Meeker
said, were areas of deficiency. He
went on to tell of his own
experiences with golf. "I had,"
Mr. Meeker said, "come to the
social position where golf was
mandatory. All of the people with
whom I was . doing bbsiness or
associating With, played golf. I
hated the game. I was a lousy golf
player. But I said to myself:
"Meeker, you are going to have
to play golf, and so you might as
well learn to enjoy it," So I took
lessons from the Club Pro., and I
can now boast of my scores, and I
really do enjoy the game."'.
Meeker continued, "that at this
late stage of life, my wife and I
enrolled in a tennis club, took
lessons, learned the finer points
of the game, and really enjoy
playing together, or with a pair of
friends, We-set -our alarm clock at
the most ungodly early hours.
Something like S a.m., so that we
can get up on a cool summer
morning and have a rousing set of
' singles before breakfast: These
games are what we should be
teaching our youngsters. Not
games that require massive
organization, adult participation
and planning, before they can be
enjoyed," ^
Another recreation game Mr.
Meeker selected was lawn bowl-
ing. "Why is this wonderful game
connected only with what we
might call "Senior Citizens?" He
mentioned,,,,,,pat young people
went for carpet bowling like the
proverbial duck to water, and
suggested that lawn bowling
might be developed economically
Its small towns, as most' every
town already had bowling greens
maintained, and:seeing very little
service. By developing an interest
in games, be they cakd games,
chess, "or billiards, games that
required but two or four players,
We can, Mr. Meeker said: "Keep
out youngsters out of restaurants,
Where they sit foours, shatter.
ing their ear drums with "Juke
Box" volume; eating "junk
food", and smoking cigarettes.
hope!" •
Bussing Children to schools Was
andthet area where Mr, Meeker
said we have Made a terrible
ittistake: Ile recalled his
hoed where he walked several
Watts each day, to and froth
*eel, "The Most natural and
bostoystom fitness prOgraM that
..could, Over have ertje5ree
Turning to a feen•age girl at the
' head table; he ,ailted her fo telt;
the audience IWO( many hours a.
day ihe spent School bus:
Teachers vot
to settle
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Totally these hours oxer a school
term, Mr.-Meeker came up with a
staggering total time this young
woman spent "sitting on her ass.
doing nothing." He pointed out
the damage such bus-spent-time
was doing to our young people,
mentally and physically, and how
little was being done to, compen-
sate for this loss,
Selecting a boy from the head
table, he asked how many periods
of "phys ed" this student was
taking. It was verified that he had
two periods, forty minutes, each
week. It took half of that time to
change from classroom clothes to
gym suit and back. So this small
amount of time was cut in half by
dressing room activity. It was also
learned that the course was not-
compulsory, the student could,
and many of his classmates had,
"opted out" of even this marginal
study of physical development.
In his conclusion, Mr. Meeker
pointed out the tremendous
investment all towns had in
school gymnasiums. These lie
idle on weekends, during holiday
or "break" periods, and he
tallied this all up to a total of
something in excess of three
menths of every year. He urged
weekly publishers to "lobby"
with elected officials, and civil
servants, to get more use from
gymnasiums, and have them
open until midnight, every day of
the week, as the citizenry of the
area might require."
He pleaded with newsmen to
carry his message back home to
all citizens, and particularly to
active members of service clubs.
In doing this, Mr. Meeker pointed
out, possibly a few ,seeds so
planted might take root, so .that
we Canadians would move up
from our low position in the
athletic world, be a' healthier,
happier nation, and do much to
solve our yoeng, people's recreat-
ional problems, and guide them
into happy and healthy ways of
spending their leisure hours.
With activity so directed: "Who
knows," Mr. Meeker said, "we
may also hit upon the solution 'of
our terrible crime, violence, and
drug abuse problems?"
Municipal education is a
national disgrace". says Michael
J. Smither, editor of Municipal
World.
On December 6, municipal
electors in Ontario, ' ' ignorant of
local government will vote into
office as members of council and
local boards, persons having no
greater knowledge of this
complex subject than
themselves." Although this
statement is not 'completely true,
Michael Smither states, "if an
objective appraisal were taken
...it would seveal that it is
accurate to a distressingly high
degree."
Writing in an editorialnin the
November, issue of Municipal
World, Mr Smither blames the
Canadian education system, the
provincial and local gdvernments
and the private sector who have
neglected their responsibilities to
provide local government
education at either the
elementary or the high school
Christmas shoppers in Seaforth
will be able to take part in an "On
the Spot" contest in which most
stores are participating. "On the
Spot" cards are displayed in the
windows of those stores that are
Huron County elementary
school teachers voted
overwhelmingly Monday to
accept a new contract with the
board of education.
In a meeting at Clinton Public
School, members of the Ontario
Public School Men Teachers
Federation and the 'Federation of
Women Teachers Assocations of
Ontario voted 201 to 8 in favor of
the latest proposal in length
negotiations for the 1976-77
contract. There were two spoiled
ballots, which meant 211 of the
dollars of public and private funds
may 15e wasted."
"How," questions
Mr. Smither, "in a country
possessing so many resources
and ...having one of the most
highly • educated populations
....can such an asinine situation
he tolerated?"
front of the town hall. Adding to
the testive appearance of the
Town 'Hall are the new flags
which have appeared on the three
poles in front of the building. The
poles stood empty of flags all
summer ever since the remnants
of the previous flags which had
flown from the masts were
removed last spring.
While no parade is planned this
year Santa Claus has' indicatd he
will be in town on Friday,
December 17. As has been the
case in recent years he will be the
guest of Stewart Coupland and
make his headquaraters at the
Toronto Dominion Bank.
level, Further, there has been no
concerted effort to develop a
means whereby newly elected
municipal representatives 'can
obtain an accurate, up-to-date
grounding in the fundamentals of
local government.
The outcome of this lack of
knowledge? "Thousands of
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with Quality watches and clocks from
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We h the finest selection of
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•Everything
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Wall clocks, all in stunning wood casings,
And
for those always Welcomed personalized
gifts, look over our fine selection
of Bulova watches.
Wind up y our Christmas Gift list early.
You'll find you'll have a
happier Holiday
Good Stock of
Rabbit Wire
Snow Fence
For the Hog Man '
iniectable Iron
• Family Rhigs •[a family of
styles to choose from]
• Jewellety Boxes [Wood
Finished].
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