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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-10-31, Page 2now 5'/z interest on sPecial rusa-chequina savings account no cheques, but you may withdraw money at anytime. Interest on Guaranteed Investment Certificates ' for 4 OR 5 YEAR TERMS 7% one, two or three years. Start saving today at Victoria and Grey VICTORIA AND GREY TRUST Since 1889 425 MAIN ST. EXETER Ready Mix CONCRETE Ptah! 235-08n, Ategithii-tb 210-6061 CA, h emir, McuvrrEL FLEETWOOD SPECTRACOLOR TELEVISION a 25-inch Rectangular Picture Tube • 3 Control Color Tuning si15" WITH TRADE Satisfy Your Entertainment Needs With Fleetwood NOW ON DISPLAY — • 23" Black & White TV o 19" Portable Black & White Stereophonic H4111 Fidelity Conaole With Solid State AM/FM Multiplex Tune TINDALL'S TV- :8. 'RADIO tALtsaoatERvIct old Post office ttog GRAND BEND Main Street Phone 238.2042 Notice To All Customers of GRAND BEND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION New retail Hydro Rates have been authorized by Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, effective with all bills issued on and after January 1, 1969, A Schedule of new rates will be mailed to all customers Best Halloween A Halloween party for junior grade students at Usbome Central. School last week brought out a. variety in costumes. Some of the prize winners are shown above, Back, left, Carol Abbott, Jane Dougall, Trudy Johns, Kathy Lovell and Ena Vander Spek. Front, Craig Alexander, Tor McLennan and Ricky Skinner. T-A photo costumes at Usborne lt, fl PORK HOCKS £ SAUERKRAUT BONELESS SAVOY BETTY & ART'S IGA GAME) EithID V IT'S A TREAT TO SHOP AT . . RED RIB BRAND STEAKS SAVE 36e — BAYER ASPIRIN TOP VALU FANCY TOMATO JUICE Thii EC. S Halves P ASST ' D VALU SOUPS WESTINGHOUSE EVESAVER TOP VALU PEANUT BUTTER TOPS ASST'D Imported Candy, TULIP (PARCH. WRAP) MARGARINE . . YORK FROZEN MEAT PIES SHIRLEY GAY ICED Cinnamon Buns BONELESS (Imperial or Gatineau) OVEN ROAST ... lb. BROIL STEAKS lb. PRIMROSE REEF OR VEAL STEAKETTES y lb. 1LS. NO. 1 GOLDEN YELLOW "C111101)11TA" LIQUID JAI/EX BLEACH glit (TWIN PACK) LIQUID MIR DETERGENT 2 24-oz. Pia& BM. Oka's. IF 3 Bap 1-16. Pkg. A 8.02. g Plea A pkg, Of 12. lbs. ANAS u. N°' 1 ANo*No'l GRAIDt SNOW 11.t, NO. CRANBERRIES Flt: 39 8 L6E1' 59° CORN c' APPLES AG ONdon THE THE KING OF ALL ROASTS: IME RIB Liigito*Elt, STEAKS lb. 69 CUT EXTRA THICK I Y . Have you„ ever tried to engage the Average teacher in a s tiro. ulati conversation concerning enrrent events during- SchOni '11OPTO If 59, you realize that it is A.. virtual. hrIPPSSihilitY. 'You know without going beyond two eXn195iVe ..5entenCeS., that he will smile vaguely .and. repeat ,mechanically, "We are graying from the topic, .withotit further ado, you ..return ever so. obediently to the world of Julius Caesar, In my opinion, the original concept of education has become somewhat tlistorted• In the beginning, learning was a dialogue between the student and teacher. Both became highly involved in the realms of humanity and science through direct personal discourse, But this is no longer the case, Why? The principle reason is. that school is not the prize of the privileged in this day and. age. It is for the masses and in this highly mass-orientated world, the individual has suffered. The original system instilled a genuine relationship between the learner and the learned. Personality, individual attitude and creativity were accented, Now, the teacher stands at the front of the room, and, with eyes cast toward the sacred text, preaches a forty minute sermon, In fairness to the teachers,: however, it must be stated that they are not solely to blame. They have been instructed to teach a certain course within a specified time limit. Frequently • the course is too heavy for the hours allotted to it, and thus the object is to rush through the material as swiftly as possible. This leaves the student in a daze, and suppresses his natural curiousity, NO one wants to be forced to learn something at a great speed. Time must be accorded for questions and general discussions, interpretations and personal evaluations. Basically, the question is this: how can a boy or girl schooled in our era of education be considered equipped to handle our vast world problems? There is a cold, real world outside the sheltered classroom. Consider the thousands of people who die each day from lack of food; how the nations spend billions of dollars each year on military defense when there appears to be little hope of defence against the weapons Already deYel9P,O.C.4 WI? the. questiOn of theNew.•.MOrality, of Q90 and the414r.ch. And what about Viet Natri. And Biafra where .thousands of . humans both military and civilian die a terrible deatn„eacn week; to say nothing of the ,racial V101efWe-whieh is occurring the world Tier.. But these are Only a .few ,of the grim problems which 'face the Student upon graduation; problems which, beg. to be .solveti. Yet with our present educational system, - these MOOTS are seldom .discussed,In fact, the truth is that topics with. religious or political overtones are totally ignored,. Is there any valid reason why Bob Dylan, Viet Nam or An editorial from, the daily newspaper should not be the subject of an unstructured and relevant discussion? Surely there is as great an edncatiOnAl experience to be derived from real things — politics, people, modern literature, newspapers, etc, — as. there is. from - the traditional "reading, writing and ,rithinetic,” * * The biggest mistake, then, would .appear to be that the various school administrations go along from decade to decade setting up courses which become increasingly complex but which ALMER PASSMORE Almer Passmore passed away in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, Wednesday, October 23, at the age of 45 years. Born in Usborne Township on February 10, 1923, he married the former Myrtle Haist June 26, 1948. , He was the son of Mrs. Percy Passmore and the late Mr. Passmore. He was a member of the IOOF Lodge No. 67 Exeter branch, member of the Thames Road United Church and also the Exeter Curling Club. Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Miss Darlene, and sons David, Dennis and Dale, all at home; mother, Mrs. Edna Passmore, Exeter; brother, Lorne Passmore, Usbome Township; sister, Mrs. Frayne seldom relate to the student's Interests., ,the, real world.,.,.or each. other, The result, we cram to pass examinations but retain little which helps mOlti, us into Mature, respon4ible individuals capable of filling our ..roles as knowledgeable citizens in today's society. do not suggest .that the, fundamental subjects . he dismissed as irrelevant, for children must be exposed to each area of learning to discover in which field they excel, "What TO suggest is a broader interpretation of teaching. methods and more imagination in the selection of material, so that students will find attending .classes a joy in learning.. Students should not be expected to accept all that is parroted to them. Seminars and similar grouP discussions should be encouraged even at the primary levels of education so that by the time students reach high school thinking, intelligently and arguing logically is habit. Most important, older students and staff should be encouraged to confer upon course content. In this way subjects could be introduced and old methods dropped until a satisfactory meeting point is obtained, (Alice) Parsons, Usborne Township. Funeral service was held from the Hopper-Hockey Funeral Home Saturday with Rev. Stuart Miner in charge. Interment was in Exeter Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Jeffery, Gordon Stone, William Rohde, Arnold Cann, Ray Cann and Mac Hodgert. Flowerbearers were nieces and nephews, Sharon, Paul and Beth Passmore, Murray and Margaret Parsons, Linda Jones, Murray and Brenda Haist. El..MER F, KLOPP ' A well-known area resident, Elmer F. Klapp, 90, Zurich, passed away in St.. Joseph's Hospital Monday. Funeral service is today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. from St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Zurich. Interment is in St. Peter's Cemetery. Survivors include three sons, Bertram of RR 3 Zurich and Lloyd and Lorne, both of Zurich; one daughter, Mrs. Veola Howald, London; two stepdaughters, Miss Ethel Hess, Zurich, and Mrs. Lloyd (Margaret) Kalbfleisch, Fort Erie; two brothers, William of Stratford and Lambert of Washington, DC; one sister, Mrs. Flora Becker, Glidden, Iowa. MRS. JOHN SIMPSON Mrs. John Simpson, Exeter, passed away in South Huron Hospital Tuesday at the age of 75. She was the former Laura Clarke. Survivors include her five children, Mrs. Carman (Doris) Gregory, 'Merton;' Kenneth of Kirkton; Mrs. Ross (Lois) Hogarth, Mitchell; Mrs. Douglas (Pauline) Carter, London; Beverley of St. Marys; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral service is today (Thursday) from the Hopper-Hockey Funeral Home, Exeter, at 2 p.m. with Rev. John C. King, Woodham, in charge. Interment is in Exeter Cemetery. MRS. JAMES BLAIR Mrs. Lillian Blair, 75, Exeter, passed away Sunday in South Huron Hospital. The former Lillian Robinson, she was the 'widow of the late James Blair, Survivors include four sons, Andrew of Burnaby, BC; Donald of London; Robert of Biddulph; Jack of Usborne. ' one daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Isabel) Fletcher, Usborne; and one, sister, Mrs. Melvin (Ruth) King, Stephen Township. Funeral service was Wednesday at the Hopper-Hockey Funeral Home with Rev. S. E. Lewis in charge, Interment was in Exeter Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ray Cooper, Don MacGregor, Raymond Robinson, Glenn Robinson, RussellKing and Allen Boswell, age 2. Times-Advocate, October al f, 908 AT THE. HIGH EgH9Q.‘,. Py4TIPP44tONg Thy student