The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-12-04, Page 31A
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Here is George, a lovely baby of Greek background,
whose big dark eyes are entranced by the camera. He is
only five months old but already sits up with a minimum of
support.
Young as he is, George is a really active boy. He loves
to be played with and enjoys being bounced, or bouncing
himself in his jumper. He rolls from side to side and is
trying hard to roll over. He reaches out for things and
greets attention with smiles and gurgles.
George is on a good routine -- eats solids well from a
spoon and sleeps soundly all night. He is a short, stocky
fellow with brown eyes fringed by long lashes, dark wavy
hair and olive .skin.
This bonny boy needs parents who will not be concerned
that little is known of his father. To inquire about adopting
4 George please write to Today's Child, Department of Social
and Family Services, Parliament Buildings, Toronto 182.
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DEAR 4 l411 LANDERS; I
am a 1.5 -year-old girl and my
problem stained three years ago.
My brother doe Is a slow learner*
He had' to repeat the third grade
and that's when all the trouble
began.
My mother said I had to help
him with his studies and 1 was
willing, but it got to the point
where I was actually dictating
Joe's homework and doing
everything for hien: It required
about one hour and fifteen
minutes every evening.
Joe should be going to a
special school, but my folks
refuse to admit it. They say so
long as I work with him he can
stay in the public school, which
is free. Ann, I'm not working
with him, I am doing his work
and he is faking out the teachers.
What's more, I can't do it in an
hour and fifteen minutes any
more. Now it takes two hours.
This leaves no time for my
extracurricular activities. Is this
fair? Please say something. I
need an adult to speak for me.
WEARY BONES
James .Richardson Lit Sons .ltd
Serving The Feed Dealers of Western Ontario
PHONE 524-8388, GODERICH
DEAR BONES: Joe should
have a tutor -- and the sooner
the better: Doing his homework
is not helping him. Furthermore
he won't•be able to fake it much
longer. I don't understand how
he has managed this long.
I hope your parents will listen
to reason. The situation as you
describe. it is not only unfair to
you, but it is unfair to your
brother:
.DEAR ANN .. LANDERS:
When our children read in the
papers of the horrible things that
happen almost every day they
ask,, "Where was God?" Why
would He let a baby be beaten
to death or an old man get shot
in a 27c hold-up? If there is a
God and if He is everywhere as
you say, why doesn't He
intervene?" o
Other parents must get these
same questions and vI'm sure
they are as$bewildered as I was. I
knew I had' to provide an
answer, and here it ia, ,reel ' free
to print :it if you think it has
merit,
god was there, He warned
somebody before it .happened ,.
but they paid no attention, They,
failed to see themselves as God's
instrument.: They didn't realize
the power they had, God can
work. His miracles only through
you and me. Countless tragedies
have been prevented because
somebody listened, with his
heart. These are the incidents we
never read about.
How many accident victims
would be alive today if someone
had shut off the liquor at the
party, or driven the drunk home
instead of allowing him to drive
his own car. Those who say,
"It's noire of my business," are
'no better than the heartless
breed who turn their backs on
people .in trouble and ignore the
helpless victim's cry for help*
Coinmi hent,., compasS Qf,
and involvement are virtues that
can't be ,overdone, God doesn't
let things .happen. It's you and
you and you. — D.V. OF
SOUTH BEND
DEAR D,V,: A beautiful
answer. My heartfelt thanks.
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profane, listen with a third ear.
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This column is dedicated to.
my namesake, Bill Smiley, a
high school principal in Sask-
atchewan, He doesn't even
read my column, bad cess - to
him, buthis wife -does.
Recently, she forced him to
listen as she read a column in
which I hurled a dart into the
raw hides of school administra-
tors. ?ll' imade him write, but it.
was , ' iendly ' letter and it's
nice to hear from you; Cousin
Bill.
He must be a cousin, The
Smileys, five brothers of them,
-came out from Ireland during
oneofthe periodic potato fa-
mines and with the skill and
foresight that has always char-
acterized the name, chose some
of the most meagre land in
Canada on which to strike it
rich.
The crops were mainly .
stones, with an occasional bo-
nanza of boulders. Most of
them had enough dim Irish wit
to get out and move West, but
my grandfather, with nine kids
and no wife, stuck it out and
the old family farm is. still
there in Pontiac, Quebec, push-
ing up, its annual crop of milk-
weed, burdock and fieldstone.
Cousin Bill must be a de-
scendant of one of the Smileys
who went West and starved
during The Depression, instead
of staying home and almost
starving.
We've lost contact complete-
ly. But I did meet a chap, Bev
Smiley, directly ahead of me in
a line-up on a troopship com-
ing home, who turned out to
be a son of my father's first
cousin, Joe, who went West.
Isn't this fascinating?
However, this is not -a faini
history, though I know you're
intrigued. It is a heart -felt
expression of sympathy for
high school principals, like
Cousin. Bill.
A high school principal is
usually .a normal, human being
(though not always) • who is .
caught, not between two
•
grindstones, but four, grind-
ing from above are the school•
board and the parents. From
below, he is whetted to a fine
edge by teachers and students.,
Either he emerges •keen as
an axe, or ground to a pulp.
The odd one is smart enough
to quit and go back to the
classroom before either hap-
pens: But most, driven by the
insatiable greed of their wives,
keep at it until they are
punchy.
This is one of their hairiest
times of the year. After three•
months of unbelievable chaos,
,,they have finally got the. big,
brutal, awkward, maniacal ma-
chine, that iS a modern high
school, running with only the
odd fit or fart. (Be careful
there, linoty a operator)
The. Board bas cut off all
expenditures until the new
budget is struck in January.
The studentsare becoming un-
ruly.' The teachers are com-
pletely browned off with
Board, principal, students and
each' other. In short, every-
thing is normal
Then. the poor old Principal,
gets three or four resignations..
'.from his staff, They are front
people twho are ill, , fed up, • or
merely going out ' of their
minds,
Where do you .pick' up, in
December, an art teacher who
can double in typing? Or #'
German teacher Who is - awhlg
'at German .but weighs' 200
and must coach the basketball
team? fir a history teacher
who can pick up a welding -
class without doing a T' ero?
Somehow, they find-, bodies
to put in front of the kids and
• the show goes on. And the
principal takes another giant
step, not for mankind, but to-
ward his first coronary.
Bless you, chaps, find have a '
happy Christmas. It's a job I
wouldn't touch with a 20 -foot
Hungarian, let alone a ten -foot
Pole.
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