The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-04-20, Page 23°
Generation a `nwho needs it?
There is a growing philosophy • Their real beef against the
among young .people 'that goes .fsystem, of course, is that it does
7 something like this: "Work," Who' not work. It does not create
needs it? enough jobs:Therefore, why get
The theory has a n ber of an education, ' why even bother
foster parents.-Ope of the is the ' looking for work, if there isn't j,
• exceeding ease with which o can any?
get on the welfare rolls th se Another influence, QV lank of it,
days: Why work when 'one can is that of the church. It used to
fi draw enough welfare for a pad, have . two firm allies in ' the
however tAuthble, trub and establishment and the work ethic.
smokes? , The church hasn't been able to
Then there is unemployment cope. It is tarnished by its
insurance. This is' even better ' association with the other two,
than welfare to fall back on, and the young people'
have turned,
though it does require the • their back on it, though I don't
✓ ' accasional stint of that four-letter think they have lost the faith.
. word we're talking about. Work •-They've merely lost respect for
for a few months, get yourself that !passive body of rules and
fired on some pretext, loll backon dogma and "an honest day's work
the mattress of un. ins. until it for an honest' dray's pay",. -and the
runs out, work again for a little insistence that whileaife is pretty-
while,
rettywhile, and repeat the process.
d -This is a way of life for some
young people, and they make no
bones about it."
It doesn't occur to them that it's
merely a refined form of stealing,
and in most cases, I don'ts think
they'd care if it did.
As an aside, I think you'd be
appalled by their attitude toward
stealing.. -I ,conduct regular
surveys in my classes Qn such
subjects—wra.t used to be known
as simple honesty.' In most cases,
fheroajority believes firmly that
it's bad to steal from a friend, but
it's perfectly all right to, steal, or
"rip-off" from any large
institutions: chain stores,
insurance companies, . the
government. ..
I wonder where they got that
idea'? It couldn't possibly be -from
hearing their dads talking about
beating the tax collector, or their
mo,ms,exaggerating"an insurance
claim. Could it?
• Back to the subject. What; else
influences this comparatively
new non -attitude toward work? '
One's purely economic. They are
completely frustrated by.the free
enterprise system under which
they have been ',raised: 'It still
offers great opportunities for thJe
few who tiave'enterpr•ise and luck..
Well,.how many of us have both?
a `` You can have all the enterprise
that's lying around.. but if you
haven't luck, you're a perpetual
bankrupt. You , can be areal
lucker, but if you don't have any
_ enterprise, all you do is win a few
bucks at bingo or on the horses.
An Lud.rs says...
Such hate -a terrlble burden
DERICH S1 NA.
Dear Ann Landers: 1 am in a your whole family needs
state of shocked disbelief. Please connseling. It's a mess at 'your
tell me what my att4ude should house, lady.
be. I am heartsick, angry and • Dear Ann Landers: You've
stunned. Here is a verbatim - probably had a dozen letters about
replica of what I received in the this --but here's ane -more. In a
mail yesterday: recent column you said there are
Dear : - five cities in the United States
The reason your husband had a named Greenville and your
heart attack a few days ago is cotumn appears in all of them.
because God is punishing Ilitn for . You should have checked with
putting his father in a rest home...:. the City Desk of your parent
One Who Knows;; paper.. Any reporter with two
,days' experience would have '
consulted the Postal Service's
Directory and told you that 26
Greenvilles are listed -Lone each
in Kentucky, California.,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware,.
Rhode Island, South " Carolina,
Indiana, Missouri, Maine, Texas, °
Utah, New Jersey, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Illinois, .Alabama,
Iowa, Michigan, Georgia,
Virginia, New Hampshire; North
Carolina,{ Mississippi, Florida
and New York'.
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.rotten, everything'will be groovy
in heaven.. They are young,
impatient, and sj.mpliwilhnot buy
that.' ° i' ""
As you may have^expected, or
hoped, dr given up on, I am. trying
to Make A point. I'm not against
theattitude. If I didn't like work,,
I'd quit" tomorrow. , But 'theretis.
nothing ennobling in work itself.
It's an Utter drag, rinl.ess you like
what you are doing.
The other -morning., 1, was
driving one of ' my -.students to
school: He's a big, husky lad who
has'shovelled out my drive at
times of stir ss: Asked'him what
he was going to do when, lie
finished school.
tin,
FRIENDLY AND SPORTSMINDED
"'Toward is 12, a handsome boy of Anglo-Saxon and OjibWay Indian
descent. Tall anti slim, he has dark eves, brown hair and medium
complexion. He is in good health and has endless energy. '
Howard is a very outgoing Iad•who enjoys people and makes friends
readily. Ile is neither fearful nor bold, but ,is inquisitive and
aggressive.
He enjoys competitive sports, joining in games with all-out energy
and 'enthusiasm. Ile loves the outdoors, both winter and summer.
When he must stay inside, he enjoys TV and radio and is fond of
movies.' '
"Well, I'm going to work for a Howard is in Grade four and his academic record is not as good as
year, then maybe go to college." his sports report. Ile has not had, tests, but the Children's. Aid Society.,,
Asked him whether he couldn't
get a student loan. `)-i don't want
one. I don't wanna� owe anybody
anything."
° , My husband's father was in his'
80's, senile and incontinent. We
could hot kelp him in our
apartment any tenger. A word.
from you would be a great help. —
—Cincinnati Reader • .
Dear Reader: Only a warped
mind could, produce a letter like
that. I suggest''a talk with your '
clergyman -.--,-or ANY
clergyman, for that matter. He
will tell you that God ,doesn't
punish people by visitingheart
He continued, "My - parents
would give hie the money to go -to
university, but I won't. -.take it.
They've worked hard all their
lives for it. Why not let them enjoy
what's left?"
At this point, I ran off the road.
g'
andkilled two ails from middle-
class parents; who were cbrifidenf
that, despite' the fact that they
,have no 'brains, their parents
would send them to college and
that they would there. find a
husband, and one boy who had told
me he was going to extort every
penny he could from the
government in loans and grants,
and never pay them back.
Woman to Women
Continued from • Page 2E1 have reniedi.es_ for the moaning
' after.
On a community -sale barn: In an Italian restaurant: Have '
Your friendly used -cow dealer. y$u tangled with.our spaghetti.
On a florist's truck: naive •In the window o f a loan
i--carefully-z.ihe..next_ lead lia.y be
•
We -serve the -man -who
yours!, P Y
....but hasn't paid
On one side of a signboard on a' has everythingfor it.
secondary' road: Road closed—do
On the outskirts of a small
not enter! The other side reads: town: Slow. No. hospital.
Welcome back, stupid! Near a fire hydrant: Park now.
Ina window of a -drugstore: We •
pay later.
At the car wash in a. subutban
Hydro unions"\'ping, center: Motorcycles
• wa ed at half the price, including
the cyders." •
strike Voter In aaternity shop window:
"We provide the .accessories
after the fact."
Charging Ontario Hydro ,has 'On a diaper -service truck:
•
"dragged its feet" id bargaining -What pill?"
since January, Bill Vincer, . 'Near a road crossing on a
President of the 12,500 member scondary: "Crossroad ahead,
Ontario Hydro Employees' Union better humor it."
announced a strike vote to be held Outside a municipal --building:
across the province beginning "Don't even. -think of parking,
April 4. here!"
• Sixty m.embership meetings
will be held to inform the ,Hydro
employees on the need for a strike
authorization.
Stressing the Union's sense of
responsibility, Vincer stated
that, "Any 'strike ,conducted by
this .Union will be- based, on
maintaining electrical service to
the public. We have fully honoured
this plegge in 1969 and 1970, and
guarantee that the -Union will
maintain power again if we'strike
this time."
rt "We will only strike as a last
resort"; he'saici. "We intend to
use every available opportunity to
achieve'a'reasonable contract -1 --
but '''we must be prepared° and
▪ united to carry out a strike if
there is no other way.','
The meetings will be completed
by April 18, and the ballots will be
'counted on April 28 in Toronto.
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says it is possible he may be a slow learner. He has .leadership
qualities, though at times he seems to prefer to do things'on his own.
This -young lad needs parents who will be flexible about academic
achievement; who will share -his keen interest in sports and who will'
help him channel his. energies constructively.
To inquire about adopting' Howard, please write to Today's Child,
Box 888, Station K', Toronto. For general adoption information, ask
your' Children's 'Aid Society.
the pollution fighters
attacks --or anything else. I
feel sorry for the person. who
wrote that•sick letter. Such hate
must be a terrible burden.
Dear Ann Landers.: My
husband's 16-year;old son by a
,former marriage decided his
buttered toast needed more
butter, so he added another layer
and dropped the toast back in the,
toaster. I yelled, "Don't do that!
It'll mess up the toaster ',' My,: printed letters from readers who,
husband shot back, "SO?" (as if to
say, "Big deal. So what?'.')I left are bugged by friends who are
the room angry. always late: The last woman who
g y' wrote said she half
e:her life
When I .returned, the toaster waiting for people. My complaint
was a mess' and.I couldn't help is the opposit6. My closest friend
crying. My husband said, "Son,
has a habit of being early. Last
don't use her precious toaster any �.
more and I won
night she and her husband arrived
t either, •
.hhope MY hometown wasn't one
you ignored. —EX-Greenville—
Now I D.C.
Dear Ex: Thanks for the come--•
uppance: I deserved it. I thought•
FLVE Qreenvilles was'a lot: It
neyer occurred to me to check.
your letter points out what I have
kaiovtrfe for a long time -as a
rep "•f`er'I'd starie
Dear Ann Landers:' You've
The next morning my husband
asked, "Did you look at your
precious toaster this morning to
see if it is clean enough for you?"
I didn''t answer, but I noticed he
did . not use the toaster that
morning and neither did his son.
The poinj,,is this: Nine times out.
<4 f ten a husband will side with' his
!.child. I admit that when my teen-
age (laughter has a difference in
opinion with her 'stepfather I am
__--i•nrl.i-ra:e�i-t .ems
f" beginning to believe all second
marriages with kids are like this.
Am I right? --Mrs. E.C. of
Tulsa
r.. Dear Mrs..C.: No. Only those
that are headed , fq "'the rocks.
This incident is evidence that
Pollution e is poisoning the spread from man to man but by
planet. But fighting pollution breathing in dust contaminate•
d by
sometimes has built-in hazards. bird or animal droppings.
• 'On the first Earth Day in April Not •
all the 354 stricken
1970, for °, xampl-e.- a group of students had ' SA'ept' out the
students inDelaware, Ohio. swept droppings, though. How had. they
out,debris from an old bird roost •
contracted th6 disease? A smoke
nearthe school. Two weeks later,
one-third of .the teachers and bomb was finally used to•show how
almost half the student body -'•-354 •the dust kicked up by the cleaning
had spread through the ventilating
young people, in - fact —wire system into three `large
either in the hospital or sick at classrooms.
home. Their symptoms'.
•
Coughing; headaches, vomiting, M9.st patients recover from. the
muscle aches, .chest pains, and disease without 'serious
poor appetites. • complications. But the .infection
The -sudden onset of symptoms ' from the fungus also can spread
resembled-infin enZa. Tuber _- _the lungs.,taalmost any other.
area of the body, including the
liver, kidney, heart, •or brain.
• This can cause the organs to
enlarge, fever to rise, or it may
cause anemia—a' disease of the
hone marrow that affects the
blood.
skin tests were taken because! TB
was also suspected. The final
diagnosis was histoplasmosis. a
disease of the lungs that can
mimic TB • but is . caused by
inhaling the fungal spores ,.. in
airborn dust. The disease is, not
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