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I, Fred McCormick, Liberal
candidate for the Riding
of Lambton, believe that this
provincial election DOES have
some VERY important issues
at stake.
PRESENT PROBLEM
1. Smaller communities are
being destroyed by central-
izing government services.
LIBERAL SOLUTION
2. Canada's costliest educa-
tional system is simply too
big a business to be financed
by municipal property taxes.
3. Farm credit services are
NOT fulfilling a suitable
purpose when 3,000 farmers
are leaving the land every
year.
1. Restore the spirit of local
autonomy in such areas as
education, assessment and
municipal governments.
2. 80% of the education
costs will be transferred
from municipal property
taxes.
3. Forgiveable loans should
be granted to farmers and
small businesses that are
producing vproducts or ser-
vices in short supply.
A VOTE FOR McCORIVIICK ON OCT. 21 WILL
BRING THESE LIBERAL SOLUTIONS TO LAMBTON.
McCORMICK FRED
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FINAL JUNIOR TOUCHDOWN — The sixth and final South Huron junior touchdown in the 40-0 romp
over Listowel was scored late in the fourth quarter at the local school field, Thursday afternoon. Brad
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picture. T-A photo
ployment figures would drop
drastically.
Stork delivery would resolve
yet another social-political dif-
ficulty, one which is often
associated with unemployment
or idleness - low morals. Since it
would no longer be possible to
engage in sex for purposes of
procreation, people would either
refrain entirely, or enjoy it for
purposes of recreation.
Although it is more likely that
the latter would occur, either
reaction would solve the
situation. In the first case, the
problem would cease to exist, and
in the second, scciety would
adopt a new attitude to sex,
regarding it more or less as a
sport. Probably, the CBC would
present televised competitions
every Saturday afternoon for the
benefit of the armchair fan.
The recent upset of the world's
ecology remains the only
problem to be solved, Hopefully,
the higher intelligence of stork-
produced children would prevent
them from committing thegross
errors which we have. In ad-
dition, these children would
develop a deep and abiding
respect for nature's animals - in
particular, the stork. Even if they
accomplish little else in the field
of ecology, it can be expected that
they would protect the earth's
stork population, an effort which
would be as worthwhile as any
which have been made in the
fight for the preservation of our
environment.
Thus, it can readily be seen
that by entrusting storks with his
destiny, man would be freed from
the pressures and anxieties
caused by the problems of
today's society. Ever mindful of
his debt to these wondrous birds,
let his motto of the future be :
"Ad astral ab storkis" ("To the
stars by stork").
Blistered feet, wet clothes
feature trip to Stokes Bay
By KATHY COOK
During the past decade, our
society - and indeed, the world -
has been plagued by social,
political, economic and biological
upheavals. Philopsophers and
scientists have presented
countless theories in the hope of
providing a solution for these
problems, but none have been
successful. Unemployment,
poverty, pollution, the population
explosion, moral problems and
the stuggle for women's rights
have continued to be current
issues up to this day.
However, I am not convinced
that this situation is eternal and
cannot be resolved, Man is
merely searching in the wrong
places for the answers. It is my
personal opinion that his
salvation does not lie within
himself but rather, in the beak of
a bird - the stork, I firmly
believe that if we allowed this
noble creature to assume
responsibility for the creation
and delivery of all human
children, man's difficulties would
cease.
'Although this suggestion tends
to repel some people and
fascinate others by virture of its
very uniqueness, his the purpose
of this essay to convince such
dubious individuals of its prac-
ticability. Let us consider each of
man's problems and their
possible solutions individually.
The role of women in our
society would obviously be af-
fected greatly. "Expectant"
mothers would no longer be
required to endure the em-
barrassment and suspense of a
At one point we could look over
a two hundred foot cliff at people
below us that would have to
double back about a half mile to
get on the right trail,
Along the cliffs there were
many small caves and crevices
and two deep caves, one of which
was slightly under water, making
it an ideal place for another
group to go swimming.
After a trip to Tobermory, the
group returned to Stokes Bay
with Mr. Elliot still in the lead,
ready to leap rocks and marshes
to save wilting orchids, Unfor-
tunately everyone else's en-
thusiasm was slightly dulled by
this time so that all the students
wanted was a cold beer.
Everybody seemed to suppress
that desire when they learned the
bar was three miles away and
Mr. Elliot spent a quiet evening
at home with forty students.
When we started home the next
day we stopped at a number of
places to view some more forests
and swamps. The excitement of
the day proved to be a variety of . •
club moss whose spores can be
used like flash powder but the
novelty wore off about lunch
time. Lunch at Sauble Beach
proved to be very wet when one
person in the group was thrown
in the water. Everybody except
the bus driver went in the water
eventually, whether by choice or
chance.
When we all arrived back in
Exeter, wet and exhausted,
everyone admitted it had been
educational, fun, and you
couldn't drag them back there
with a team of wild horses.
Everyone that is except a certain
biology teacher who is fated to
have to return every year with
another grade 13 biology class.
On Saturday our journey along
the Bruce Trail began. We
started out from Cyprus park
which is around two small lakes
against Georgian Bay. There
were no sand beaches on
Georgian Bay and instead there
were rock beaches made up of
rocks from six to eight inches in
diameter,
By ROSS HUNTLEY
Again this year, the Stokes Bay
trip was a remarkable success
despite blistered feet, wet clothes
and aching muscles.
When we arrived on Friday we
were greeted with lunch served
by some of the women in the
Stokes Bay community, Stokes
Bay is a rather small settlement
and I believe that the groups that
went down this year essentially
doubled the population of the
community surrounding the
general store.
The first part of the tour on
Friday afternoon took the group
through three bogs filling
everything but rubber boots with
water, The ground around a bog
is supported by water so that
when one jumps up and down the
ground and trees around you
seem to make a wave, which
amused everybody only as long
as it took for the water to soak
through their shoes.
Mr. Elliots' observations about
the bog were interesting but at
the end of our follow-the-leader
game I'm sure nobody would
have cared if he were swallowed
up in the mud.
N,P, The trail along the coast
towards bootleggers cave went
along these rocky beaches and up
cliffs as high as three hundred
feet (we estimated the height by
dropping a rock off the the top of
the cliff, The longest time was
four seconds) for about four or
five miles.
Opinion poll
Question: What did you think of
the MacNaughton debate?
natural pregnancy, nor would
they be compelled to relinquish
their jobs when their "time"
came. Instead, they would simply
telephone their local stor-k-
eeper, place their order, and
await delivery - acinick and ef-
ficient process, guaranteeing the
desired end product.
Since most men would also be
capable of performing such an
elementary task, it is con-
ceivable that they could be
responsible for some of the other
family duties traditionally
performed by the wife. Thus,
advocates of women's liberation
would be appeased.
The expense which a normal
pregnancy usually involves
would also be reduced. Maternity
clothes would be non-existent
and hospitalization would be
completely unnecessary. Of
course, the stork wou'd demand
some payment, but it is the
common consensus of today's
economists that in this case, most
purchases could be made on the
credit or lay-away plans.
Therefore, the financial burdens
of prospective parents would be
considerably lightened.
Another problem which would
be greatly alleviated is that of
over-population. Since storks can
limit their production somewhat
more easily than humans, the
number of births could be
regulated without difficulty. In
addition, no "unwanted" children
could result from this proposed
system, because every child
would arrive at the time desired
by his parents. Hence, the growth
rate of the world would be
carefully controlled.
As a consequence of limited
growth, the quality of the human
race would be markedly im-
proved. The storks would have
more time to perfect a method of
selective breeding, thus giving
parents an opportunity to choose
the levels of intelligence and
physical characteristics of their
children. Naturally, in that
situation, most would select the
child with the best qualifications.
However, to prevent a race of
stereotyped athletic geniuses,
their choice would be limited by
their finances.
Thus, various "models" would
be designed to fit the budgets and
interests of the different parents.
Functional, dependable models
would be available for the
Volkswagon - sized income,
athletically-minded children for
the cutlass-set, deluxe models for
the cadillac-income bracket, and
children with filters on their
exhaust pipes for parents who are
adverse to changing diapers.
Therefore although not all
children would be "perfect" our
species would experience a
general improvement, the rate of
which would depend upon our
economy.
Actually, the development of
these models would serve to
stimulate the economy. An en-
tirely different field of em-
ployment requiring a new work
force would be created. The
designing and advertising of new
models would demand trained
people with a great deal of
imagination. Salesmen would
have to be hired at showrooms,
and drivers engaged to aid storks
in delivery. As a result, unem-
Mr. Girard: wasn't there - I was
busy, too busy.
Dear Sir:
I would like to make a few
comments concerning the dance
last weekend. The band was good
the dance was itself a huge farce.
N.P. The students council has set
down various rules to "protect
the good name of S.H.D.H.S."
such as: no drunks, no smoking in
gym, only students and guests
admitted, etc, etc.
However as I just happened to
be standing by the door I chanced
to notice a certain teacher
allowing everyone that came to
the door • to be admitted
irregardless of condition or
position in society.
Several students from Parkhill
along with a few from our own
school came in at once "to the
eyes" as Doug says and not
signed in in the guest book these
were passed through the door
with "you'll be good tonight,
won't you?" Next came one of
our own "slightly under the
weather who was barred. Rules
for some not for others.
When I said something to this.
certain teacher at the door it was
"alright." "What the Hell is
going on? Rules are made for
some but not all? Is that it. What
gives this teacher the right to
admit some and stop others?
What is the sense of making
any rules at all? Why not just let
the people at the door decide who
can and can't come? That's what
they do anyway. What about it
Rod and Mr. Shaw??
Ken Lee
Mr. Brooks: I thought he was
truly remarkable (tongue in
cheek).
Mr. Eddy: I missed it - and that
can be said with a humorous
smile on my face.
Brad Klumpp: Where? Oh that. I
wasn't here. I went downtown for
breakfast.
The monster around
Morrison Dam area
Mr. Elliott: I thought that Charlie
MacNaughton beat around the
bush and didn't answer the
questions satisfactorily.
Mike Beck: Truly I thought not
much of it. What we should have
done was needled him right off
the start, not just given him easy
questions.
Paul Idle: I thought that
MacNaughton was a true
politician in that he was beating
around the bush and never really
answered a question.
Mrs. Golding: I think that
MacNaughton kept his cool in a
responsible way and I don't think
he provided us with many
reasons that we should support
his party but I presume that he is
hemmed in by party leadership
and can't give any definite policy
statements.
By SUE MCCAFFREY 13A
`One year ago today' said the
speaker mournfully. "One year
ago today, the greated tragedy
known to man occurred in this
very spot.'
His audience settled deeper
into their thoughts, drawn back to
the fateful event by the
speaker's opening words.
Professor L. E. Ott had been
full of understandable ex-
citement. lie discoursed loudly on
the forth-coming experiment to
anyone foolish enough to stand
, within 50 paces: 'The purpose of
our experiment is to detertnine
the validity of certain rumours
concerning a Morrison Dam
monster.
Of course, at this point it is
difficult to say how our
experiment will proceed. There
may be a prehistoric creature in
the depths of that ancient lake.
Then again, there may not. We
don't actually know the age of the
lake, However, I estimate it to be
at least ten million years since its
birth. Well, maybe not ten
million, but at least 6 million,
Well, not six million , , ,
Etcetera-
Equipment had been set up at
approximately the same place as
the reported sightings, Various
knobs, levers and platforms
adorned the ten-foot structure,
and a large camera beset with
devices was prominently
John Blackwell: I was disap-
pointed. I felt that most of the
questions Weren't really an-
swered and some people were
rather rude and they asked
impossible questions. I feel it was
good and I'm looking forward to
the confrontation with the other
two candidates.
displayed. The bait was under the
water's surface, hidden from
view. Vibrations in the water
would cause it to rise sufficiently
for pictures to be taken.
The speaker's voice droned on
and on, lamenting, He was
speaking to an unresponsive
audience, still lost in meditation.
His sorrow suddenly became a
frenzied shriek, and attention
was immediately regained,
'Curse the day,' curse the force
that led our beloved Professor L,
E, Ott to mount the platform in
order to photograph that mon-
ster,'
Yes, thatwas indeed the fateful
step, Professor L. E. Ott had
taken a position behind the
camera as the bait Slowly began
to rise, He was filming rapidly in
order to catch any movement
that might occur, And movement
there was, unexpected, rushed
movement. A hugh shape erupted
from the water, obliterating the
rest of the scene from the anxious
eyes of the observer's.
When it returned to the water,
the equipment was still intact,
but to the horror of the watchers,
Professor L, E. Ott had disap-
peared, taking the camera with
him. The lake Was dragged,
Nothing was recovered. Nothing.
And on further attempt was made
to discover the monster,
The speaker, sobbing, was led
from the platform. The crowd
dispersed, Silence reigned,
Student enjoys
staff convention
By ROSS HUNTLEY
One day every year, the
students in our school are given a
holiday so that the teachers can
attend a phenomenon known as
"teacher's convention."
Supposedly carried out behind
closed doors this meeting was to
have consisted of money hungry
teachers plotting against the
board for more of the evil
greenback.
I was surprised how easy it was
for me to attend this meeting and
even more surprised about the
welcome I was given. In between
seminars I was fed with coffee
and cookies, asked what I thought
of the meeting, and generally
pointed out as an example of the
non-apathetic student putting in
his part to help the teaching
process.
The teachers meeting is for-
mally known as the
"Professional Development
Program" and consisted of the
opening speeches in the gym
followed by seminars lasting
until three o'clock. During the
opening speeches, nine new
members of the teaching force of
Huron county were introduced. A
psychologist, a psychometrician,
teachers of speech therapy, and
teachers of the perceptually
handicapped will now be
frequenting the schools in Huron
County to help students with
learning problems,
In the first seminar, W. E.
Carter, lead the psychologist
discussion. Mr. Carter proved to
be a fascinating man with
relatively revolutionary ideas on
how to deal with disiplinary
problems.
In his talks he stressed the
importance of communication in
parent-teacher-student relati-
onships and exactly what the goal
of education should be; namely to
help a person enjoy a full rich life
and equip him for a job which he
will enjoy.
Mr. Carter's psychological
ideas revolve around his own
utopian concept. He seems to
believe that aggression and
regression are the cause of guilt
or inadequacy in a competitive
system, so that if one has con-
fidence in ones self he will be a
good student, worker and human
being.
Thus he has reassured all
people by saying, "you're good
because you have a belly button"
and I believe that if you keep-
saying that to yourself, life will
never let you down."
After lunch I attended a
seminar on reading and the
physics and movements of the
eye in reading whieh gradually
evolved into a discussion on
teaching methods in public
schools. In the future, Mr. Eddy
may be teaching a speed reading
course at the high school.
After the day was over I felt
that it was very well spent except
for the time I was sitting ,
writing this article.
John Noakes: I thought he was
sort, of evasive on some of the
questions. He wouldn't say
specifically where he got most of
his funds, Other than that, I think
he knew what he was talking
about, He's had a lot of ex-
perience in running government,
Gord Pryde: Very good. I think
debates like that are good for the
students.
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