Times-Advocate, 1978-07-06, Page 4 (2)Page 4
Times -Advocate, July 6, 1978
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- Avoid real issues
Despite the fact the proposed
Quebec referendum or Prime'Minister
Trudeau's constitutional package con-.
tinue to draw comment from a few
Canadians, neither issue is of as much
concern too Canadians as the continuing
-high rate of inflation and. high un-
employment.
Figures released last week showed
that food prices jumped an alarming
four and a half percent in the past '
month, and whether they realize it or
not. that is the type of problem
Canadians in every province wish their
political leaders would direct their
energies to find solutions.
While the senior levels of govern- -
ment can't be expected -to solve all the
problems induced by people who con-
tinue to demand an unrealistic stan-
dard of living. most of the current
political unrest would be resolved if the
bread and butter issues of inflation and
unemployment were seriously tackled.
Don't be a statistic
Within the next two months, area -..number could increase
residents will be heading for cooling victims will be children.
waters. whether they be in a backyard. •
local river or Lakeshore.
- Those trips will be enjoyable in the
majority of cases, but a few will be
marred by tragedies. Last year, there
were 396 drownings across Ontario.'
and the number of tragedies reported
so .far this year indicates that the
Many of the
There's nothing as refreshing as a
dip to beat the summer heat, but ob-
viously it can only be enjoyed with
common sense and a high regard -for
safety rules and supervision.
Don'Cmar your summIkirby becom-
ing one of the tragic statistics!
Last thing we.need
The decision of a study committ
in Huron and Perth Counties again
the establishment of a district heal
council is justified by the outcome of
recent gathering in Toronto. Municip
representatives, meeting wit
members of the provincial governme
said that tax money is being wast
through the province by the councils.
The meeting was told that it is
costing the region of Peel $45.000 a year
for p� health council executive director
Mi3,sissailga Alderman Hazel
McCallion said the next high -salaried
executive will be a researcher and, of
course. additional clerical staff.
Municipalities can handle their own
health services without creating expen-
sive bureaucracies, she said.
William Thake„ of Leeds County.
said boards of health are moving
beyond the control of municipalities.
"Don't make them like the school
boards, where they're kingdoms unto
themselves," he said.
A spokesman- for the government
insisted that local councils have too
small a base to handle health care
ee properly and that overlapping of ser-
st vices by neighboring hospitals is a cost-
th- ly waste of,money. He also said that
a government will continue to insist that
al . • 20 percent of the representation on the nt
ed
and of a hea 1 th council or a board of
health must be from the municipality.
Obviously 20 percent representation
leaves the province well in'command of
all decisions which the health council
facts.
Tile argument that provincial ap:
pointees can do a better job of
operating . health services than can
local board members is one with which
we cannot agree. There are many ex-
cellent smaller hospitals across the
province. and every one of them was
built and operated for years by locally
appointed or elected boards. The local
board has a better understanding of the
community's needs and can providefor
a much more understanding attitude by
hospital personnel than is possible in
the city hospitals.
The last thing we need in this part
of the world is more centralizatidn.
Listowel Banner
Brownie points
. Ontario Premier Bill Davis chalk-
ed up lots of Brownie points last week•
with• educators as he asserted that
much more' responsibility must be
taken by parents for the discipline of
their children.
Premier Davis admitted that as a
parent. he often does not fulfill the
parenting role as well as he could. Ap-
parently Mr. and Mrs. Davis hate to
punish their children for acts of in -
Subordination and those misdemeanors
all children are guilty of from time to
time. "But we should: Davis told the
reporters following his speech.
Three cheers. for Bill Davis ... and
• three cheers for the moms and dads in
this province who teach their children
respect for education, for teachers for
authority, fot routine.
• Discipline begins at "tome. If the
home hasn't instilled the proper at-
titudes toward behaviour, the job of the
schools and its teachers isincredibly
difficult. Some might even say it is im-
possible. No one in seven hours a day.
five days a week for "months out•of a
year, can hope to effectively alter the
patterns leat'hed by children who since
their birth have Lived in an overly per-
- missive home.
The sooner modern parents resume
the role of disciplinarians as well as
loving. giving mothers and fathers. the
sooner the school can achieve better.
more consistent results from proven
teaching methods.
• And in a similar vein. the sooner
parents begin speaking with a civil
- tongue to their young children, the
sooner children will learn to converse
properly. There is no intention here to
revive the argument about the filthy
language in a few of the books used in
some of the high schools for study by
senior students in this county. But
there is acknowledgement of the fact
that some of today's parents are
teaching by example in their . own
homes. the same -vulgar language used
in the books with perhaps a few
phrases thrown in
As Premier Davis has suggested.
the habits learned at home are hard'to
-forget By the same token. the prin-
ciples demonstrated from day to day in
the home are with children a lifeti e
It is something for all parents to tih nk
about.
"But Alum. can ,j -e; AFFORD all this happiness?"
BATTN AROUND
with the editor
Deficit isn't so.great perhaps
•
One of the concerns often expressed, bal d
in this area is the fact that job oppor
tunities for young people are ver
limited and. as a result. most have to
head for nearby urban centres orccom
munities scattered across the province
to seek locations in which they can em-
bark on their chosen vocations.
This was extremely evident for those
attending last week's retirement party
for SHDHS teacher Glen \fickle.
Former student" of the local high
school were on hand for the event. and
those who'were still living in this area
were in the minority.
The situation would appear to add
credence to the suggestion that South
Huron does in fact export its young
people.
However. a couple of nights later.
the writer attended the graduation for
the grade eight class at Exeter Public
School and noted a statistic that was in
sharp contrast to that of the retirement
party.
That was the fact -that of the 125 or so
parents represented by the graduating
class. there were only 20 who had been
graduates of rile same school
themselves -
The balance were people who had
come to this community .from other
parts of the province �a couple even
from other nations to seek their
livelihood
There were policemen. doctors.
ministers. teachers. businessmen.
nurses. lawyers. salesmen. farmers.
company executives. and numerous -
other trades and professions -
represented by those parents who were
in fact,' imports" to the community
The `retirement party crowd
represented most of the same trades.
professions and assorted occupations
m
who were "exports" frothe com-
munity
So. while we possibly have a slight
trade deficit when the Imports are
ance against the exports. the
- deficit is perhaps not as great as many
v , would expect. -
•
•
Graduation exercises have been the
• order of the day in the area for the past
week or so. Parents have been
watching ,proudly as their offspring
Walk across platforms to receive cer-
tificates for the various levels of
education which they have completed.
The kids Wave foresakentheir jeans
and imprinted t -shirts- for frillylong-
flowing dresses and. high-fashion suits
to display a sophistication that leave
most of their parents bre- thle r -
prise •
However. beneath the pride. there is
also a sense of concern. While gradua-
tion program speakers in the past have
been able to stand before their young
audiences and relate the vast oppor-
tunities open to them in this country.
that is just not,the case today,
Job opportunities are. unfortunate1 '.
at a premium and speakers who
suggest that young people need only
further their educationbeand display
determination -and enthusiasm to at-
tain their ambitions are not being en-
tirely realistic
There are many "dead ends" and it
suggests that young. people will need a
certain degree of luck to go with their
determination and enthusiasrn to find
an opening to -pursue whatever voca-
tion they may choose
it also requires a great deal of
.guidance. both at the parental and
school level. to indicate to young peo-
ple' what opportunities may be
available to them when they reach the
end of their education
In responding to an expression of ap-
preciation giventhe parents at the EPS
• graduation last week. Jack Underwood
alluded to the rather uncertain future
Sugar and Spice
Dispe sed by Smiley
•
Demon urges teasing
I don't receive many letters• from
young people. with comments on my
ideas in this column That's to .be ex-
pected 'Young people. quite. naturally.
are extremely self-centered, i know i
was
They are becoming extremely aware
. of their own "self". their in-
dividualism 'They are extremely in-
terested in sex. love. some kind of
belief they can hang onto. some guru
with all the answers And good luck to
Them. even though there is no such
thing
They are not interested in the
maudlin meanderings of a middle-aged .
(sic' 1 man wh
ot seem to know
- from one week totlhes next what he real-
ly believes in. •.
Goderich Signal Star' •• it s not that I don t get along with
young
e From. the
ut
one to twenty-one,
ray -one they and -age are on the
best of terms. There's only one fly in
the fun. I can't help teasiig them it's a
rotten quality and I'm always sorry
when I do. but. some demon urges me
on.
For example, my older grandson hit
back when i'd needle him by savi•.
"4.4 Jolly -good'". when he'd try to make a
learn about cold water
survival.
Yell to us for help.
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arzan leap and land on his ear. -He
. responded with. "Jolly bum -bum". to
let me know he didn't like it. By saying
- a bad word. tie put me in my place.
He underlined his individuality by
such remarks as. "No way". when I'd
try to tease him into something he
didn't want to, or couldn't do. "Bugger
off" when I'd pretend to mock anger
and threaten dire pudishment. He
didn't learn these'ter'ms. you'll be hap-
py to know. from his. grafi. grandad,
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from the other little punks at day -.care.
• Teenagers are lust as easily teased,
and pretty vulnerable. After spending c
nine months goofing off, they come up i
to you as exam -time looms. with a tor' y
tured expression. as though•they had to
go to -the bathroom. and could hardly d
wait, and whimper. "Sir could you tell '
me if i have to write the final ex'arp?" f
I reply to a freckled redhead. "Not
unless you have freckles and red hair."
There are all kinds of variations on
this. if it's a boy. I might say. "Not if
you pan take me to d trout stream and
guarantee I catch my limit." You can
see the wheels spinning wildly in his
motorcycle -haunted • mind. this boy
• who's never caught a trout in his life.
They HATE me.
• From about twenty-one for the next
ten years. f can scucely stand young
- people. -They become pompous. They
think their mildly socialist- ideas. so
hackneyed you can't believe it. a're
fresh -minted: They want to change the
- -world and you: your religion, your
ideas- your life-style.
After that they're not so bad.. and
they have acquired that rueful resigna-
tion that most civilized people get after
pounding their heads against life long
enough to soften them irredeemably.
FCom about forty on. readers and 1
are on the same set of rails. and though
they can and do attack me furiously, at
least they know. most of them, that
there is more gray in the world then
there is black and white.
Their letters are much more in-
teresting than'those of young people:
witty. astringent, pejorative,
sometimes brutal. often kindly.
perceptive. sympathetic. nagging.
They have -lived. and they know that
the world has them by the tail, not vice*
versa.
In response to a recent column, half -
joking, asking if anyone had a job for
my daughter, i received a great letter
from A.R. Kirk of Renfrew.
"Yes. i have a job ... New Job re-
quirements include a new baby in 1979,
and another new baby every two years
until 1989. when she and her husband
will be the parents of eight healthy:
hildren. That was an average family
n the early and best development .
ears of Canada." ,.
He goes on to explain that my
aughter would never be out of work.
'She Will remodel and mak 2lothing
or her children and herself from the
't
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facing the young people when he noted
that the hope of their parents was that
they wou_I¢ be able to do the things they
want to upon completing their educa-
tion. -
It is -in fact a hope. unlike the situa-
tion which faced most of those parents
on their graduation when the oppor-
tunities to fulfill their goals were much
ater. m
However. Principal Jim Chapman
was probably correct In his assertion
that many of life's problems would be
non-existent for the graduates if they
followed two key suggestions:Ito be a
person of quality. and to make the mostb,
of their lives, -
"You- will need the courage.- dis
cipline and self energy each of you
has." he told the young peopled noting
that they would also have to make use
,of their imagination and to reach as'
high as they can.
While young people facing a bleak
job market may tend to think society
has let them down. they should temper
their thoughts by realizing that their
grandparents had to contend with a
depression. while many of their•
parents went through the agony of a
world war..
Neither of those events provided a
bed of roses either. yet by using their
courage. discipline and self energy
they came through those trying days to
build an affluent society.
No generation has succeeded without
using imagination and reaching as high
as possible. and if the .voting people
follow the sage words of advice given
them by their graduation speakers:
they too should be able to attain the
"good life
abundant supply of slightly used
clothingyou can get at a rummage sale
for a so .
She will with the help of her husband
and you her father. and your wife her
mother. have a large fruit and
vegetable garden: the children will
help."
Mr. Kirk goes on. seripusly. and I'm
half jnclined to agree with him. But he -
doesn't know a few things about our
Kim and her kids. In the first place.
they already Took as though they'd been
dressed from a -rummage sale,. without
any re-modellieg.
-in the second, where do they get the
land for this big garden? Young people
lodaof ever
owning a home have olittle
f their own, lethal alone
one with garden space.
What really hurts, though. is when he
suggests- that such a life would in-
terfere with my vacation trips to exotic
places. "Think of the pleasure you will
have, using vacation money saved, to
help out the finances of your -
• grandchildren in small_ sums where
most needed."
Dear Mr. Kirk: Those small sums
have prevented me from having a de-
cent vacation for years. A penny saved
is aIi3ny earned, but a _dollar to my
dater is a dollar I'll -neve..,, see
l
again. Thanks anyway. -
reMpreeKVr;yndwwi his wife enaof a8 and 74
family
and twenty -One grandchildren. He
would like to live to be 100 years old,
"Weis is so interesting. "
Bless ydu, sir. May you do 'so. May
you be pinching Tour wife lovingly at
98, and'she responding.
But don't ask me to take on six more
grandboys. i said to my wife the other
have a feeling in my-bones,Nil .
a premonition, that -some disaster
is about ttg befall me." '
She ansv3ered, "Oh, didn't I tell you?
The boys are coming for the weekend.',
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201Gears Ago
Si Years Ago
The local Orangeme
together with a number o
citizens attended the 12th o
July celebrations at Strat
ford. - �,
Workmen are inakfn
progress in transforming the
vacant post office site into
playground. The excavation
has been filled in and the
ground is being worked up
andlevelled.
• Mr. Mervin Cann has
resifned his position at
Cole s drug store and has
accepted a similar position
- in London.
Belt's Bakery has install-
ed a bread mixer and will
now be able to supply the
pbreaublic with more and better
d.
On Monday Mr. Norman
Hockey.. barber. had the
misfortune tb cut one of his
fingers ,with a razor and it
required several stitches to
close the wound.
n .'Bob Fletcher was
f successful in passtag his -ex-
aminations at the Ontario
- School of Embalming.
Toronto in June.
g Thursday is Joaii'Tairfax
day at Grand Bend. She will
a be the feature attraction at
Grand Bend Lions. Club's.
Holiday Ball at Oakwood Inn
and will tour the summer
resort during the day. She_.
formerly .lived in Exeter
when " her husband. T.om
Higgins. was a member of
the RCAF at Centralia.
A.U. Sweitzer. former
• president of Exeter Lions
and now an international
councellor of the-organi2a-
tion attended the -Lions Club
convention in Chicago last
week.
• 15 Years Ago
• 30 Years Ago
Miss Jean Hennessey has
been successful in passing
her exams at the Grey Beau-
te School. London.
District Orange Lodges to.
the number of 3.500
celebrated the anniversary
of the Battle of the Boyne of
at Clinton. •
Mrs. Ken McCrae.
Dashwood atte tied the
International Bay Chick
Association held in St.
.Louis. Missouri this week.
Mr._.. Harry Hoffman
attended •"a post graduate-
coursein''embalming held at
Banting Institute. Toronto.
Induction service was held
for Rev. H. Currie in Credi- •
tion United church on Fri-
day evening. •
1
Rapid completion of , the
sewerage project` here
means the system will
probably be ready for opera-
tion by next weekend.
About 300 children
registered for this year's an -w
nual vacation Bible School.
Canadian Canners Ltd.
has moved into a double
shift to process the enlarged
ae eage of . sweet peas.
About 380 people are being
employed in the two shifts. -
About 85 carloads attend-
ed the first drive-in gospel
service at the Starlite
theatre. Shipka Sunday
-night.
Maril}fi Hearn. 12 -year -
.old daugtiter•of Reeve and
Mrs. Ivan Hearn, /mean
gave the valedictory address
at the banquet for Lucan PS
graduates and received the
$10 bursary for the most out-
standing pupil of the year.
Thjflksmaii f
by Jim Smith
Happy Birthday,
• 1 1 1 years ago, a number
regions Tying above the
ern border of the Lni t
discovered that 'the) spar
two serious problems: a fe
of being absorbed by the
neighbour to the south and
sere inequalities in the weal
of these regions. in order
prevent the weaker regio
from becoming stales of .t
Union, the stronger regio
agreed to share their weals
with their weaker counterpart
111 years. As nations go
Canada is still a pup. But Cher
are serious signs of decay an
indications that Canada, whit
she may live to be 112 or 113
may not last much longer.
in the beginning - and thi
may be hard to believe - it wa
not. necessary to use July is
as a propaganda tool, a time
for slicjc advertising agencies
o sell us Confederation -111.4
another brand of tooth paste
or bubbly soft drink. Domin-
on Day was just a welcome
pportunity to enjoy -a sum-
mer's'day off work and feel
eaceful.
Unfortunately, although
anadians have, until recently.
aken Confederation for grant.
d, forces were building up
hich would Threaten th*nity.
n particular, vie failed to deal
WI the Iwo issues That creat -
d Confederation in the first
ace. Today._ there is more re-
ail►al-disparity than ever and
onside has never been more
pendent on the United
ales. • -
After 111 years. the pdbYesf
anadian region - Atlantic
nada - is farther behind the
althiest regio - Alberta =
an our forefathers dreamed
ssible. Meanwhile, our poli -
ani are leading the country
of _towards a free trade agree-
- ment with the United States -
ate a inose that would doom Ca -
ed nada to a future based on the
ar /sale of non-renewable re -
it. • sources.
Se- 111 years ago, Sir John A.
th Macdonald designed what he
to believed to be the logical `a -
ns lional Policy. Today, we still
he .. follow Macdonald's grand de-
ns sign of tariff barriers, cheap
h resources anda centralized
s. producing region supported
, by subsidized transportation
e of goods to the outlying re.
d Bions. But the National Policy
e has not worked; not even the
, industrialized core of the,aou
try is strong today as a resu-
s. of fierce competitive pressures
s- from the Third World.
t Simply stated, Confedera=
tion has' been a sorry failure.
H'hich is not to say that Con-
Tederation is a bad idea - only
that the implementation of the
concept has not been up to
scratch. We now face only two
possibilities: either Confedera-
tion is restructured to live up
to its -original goals (which
means that all regions must be
allowed to develop their own,
innosat,ve industries) or else
the union will dissolve.
All the puerile good -cheer
advertising jingles in the wocid
won't overcome the fact that
Confederation has not been
good for". great many Cana --
distils. Ottawa owes us all a re-
slructfred Co tion nth-
- er than hopin th a satura-
tion advertising campaign will
obscure the flaws -
Oh yes. Happy birthday;
Canada. -
"Think small" IS an editor's'
message from the Canadian
Federation of Independent
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