The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-10-19, Page 28NAL•STAR, T10.1.89/4Y, OCTOBER 19. 1914
Jrest in bid and look at me
Int, takes sone people a long
tc) realize -that they are
completely dispensable. I
realized it years ago, but keep
forgetting until something jolts •
Me,,.•
Today it's, the Mother' and
father of all colds. I haven't
mired a day's work in about
three years; at times tottering off
to the job with one foot in the
grave.
For some reason, I had the
conceit to imagine that the en-
tire English department, if not
the whole school system, would
crack, crumble and collapse if I
weren't there.
Common sense tVIIs'tiie'lfiat°'if
"I were ill for a month, nobody
would know the difference, and
that if I dropped dead this
moment the human race would
not falter for a second in its pur-.
suit of folly, happiness and all
the other things thatmake it
tick.
So, here I am surrounded by
soggy kleenex, coughing up
chunks of lung, and sweating
like a mule -skinner every time I
do anything more ' vigourous
than blink my eyes.
But it's not all bad. My wife
is dancing attendance or me,
something she rarely does
because I'm almost never i+ll. I
have a good, foolish detective
story which I'd normally never
have• time to read.
And perhaps most important
of all, I have •this lazy, hazy
feeling that I have stopped the
worlcLaxid .got...off, _even if only
for twenty-four hours.
My wife has just forced on lane;
quite 'against my will, a large
libation of hot water, lemon,
sugar and some sort of cough
medicinewith the odd name of
Teachers' Highland Cream. - It
makes me sweat, but certainly
eases the cough. In • fact, it
makes «life look almost rosy. I
hope she doesn't run out of
lemons. And stuff.
Isn't; it a pity, though, that we
go through life, or the biggest
part of it, with this feeling that
we're so important, when we're
less than ants on the face of the
earth?
Businessmen flog themselves
daily to meet' the competition.
Executives and lawyers drag
home their brief eases. Doctors
burn themselves out in twenty
years of inordinately long hours.
Teachers develop ulcers or
quietly go mad. Why don't we
all'relax a little more often and
let the earth take a few •spins
without us?
Perhaps the most guilty of all
are politicians. Right now the
country resembles a disturbed
bee -hive as our politicians hur-
tle about, every one of them con-
vinced that his constituency, his
party, and his country'will go to
the dogs if he, personally, is not
elected.
God forbid, but what would
actually happen if Trudeau,-
ao ette
Lewis C u
Stanfield,
" lad a- "air" collision,
which is not an impossibility at
the rate they're haring 'about
their homeland?
Would we just have to throw
up our hands and sell the coun-
try to the highest bidder? Fat
chance. There'd be enough
power-hungry men and women,
or just plain idiots, to fill their
shoes before the bits were picked
up.o
Nobody is irreplaceable. The
sky didn't fall in when the
British kicked their great war-
time leader,' Winston Chur-
chill, out of office. The States
didn't disintegrate after the
deaths of Lincoln, Roosevelt,
Kennedy. When Joe Stalin
finally expired, Russia. didn't
'exactly hit the skids.
ht
seenis that the only way to
stay off that treadmill of feeling
indispensable is to be poor. The
fewer nur._possessinns,.,,the_ freer
.we are to step off the merry-go-
round, take a look at the won-
derful world we live in, and
realize that we are about as in-
dividually important as 'grains
of sand.
I have a fellow just like that
,sitting downstairs talking to his
mother. He drifted in this mor-
ning from Montreal. He's off to
Alaska ,to spread the , Baha'i
faith. •
How is he going to get there?
Well, if he can .get to Penticton
by Friday, he'll catch a ride
north with some friends. 1 point
ot.tt that there is no way, short of
flying. of getting to Penticton in
two days. Oh. well. •he cnaw
hitch -hike going through • nor-
thern Saskatchewan. I He got the
hint that I wasn't going to loan
him air fare. ► `
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Well, he has a sleeping bag and
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and it's only about three
thousand miles, so there's no
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Orleans, New York and across
Canada from coast to coast. His
,total assets are those listed
above. Physical,' that is. On the
other hand, he's completely
bilingual and has an education
no university could pr"ovide.
Best of all, he knows clearly
that 'he is not indispensable.
Maple 1e0 ik0't0r IODE
W111 support iIin�r .HQ.,c:ky
The regular meeting of the
Maple Leaf Chapter E.O.D.E.
was held on October 3, at the
home of Mrs. S. Anderson with
30 members and two guests.
present.
Regent Mrs. W. McKellar.
presided and both flags were on
display.
Mrs. J. Wallace welcotned
-Mrs. T Sting and Josephine.
Josephine received the trophy
for the highest marks -in Social
Studies at St. Mary's School
last June.
It was decided that the chap-
ter would purchase a wreath to
be placed at the cenotaph on
Remembrance Day; a float will
be entered . in the Christmas
HousewlvesshoIdn't
biome farmers for
highf�od bills
"Consumers are plagued not
by the high cost of living but the
cost of high living," says Gor-
don .Hill, of Varna, President of
the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture.
In a Farm and Country
editorial, he said "Housewives
who blame their over -budget
grocery bill ow -farmers, do not
understand the farmer's
situation:"
Hill is convinced many con-
sumers live in a fool's paradise.
They expect pay raises, them-
selves, but refuse them to the
farmer.' -
'It does not work that way.
Approximately 93 cents of each •
dollar that 'a farmer earns —
goes • to rover costs. The other
.even . cents is his return for in-
vested capital and labour."
The farmer is lucky to get a
penny out of the consumer's,
dime,. claims Hill. He is convin-
ced that if consurzners under-
stood_ they would not ask far-'
mors .to sell food for lets~ than it
costs to •produce_
The penny a farmer doe~ get
is not enn)togh to coverescatati g
input costs. Each, time
steelworkers get a raise,
machMers coss go up." '
Today a far -tri 'r pays fire
yes snore Gory a thr e-�plo'w
tactor than he did to 1946
"But ha he really passed this
on to the ns mser?" No. In
19-55. one hour's wages would
buy '' • = dozen ens_ Last year,
one hour's pay bought 7.4
dozens." •
• In 1949. a man had to work
20 hours to feed h.is family of
four. Last .near. the same family
could eat better frOrri •11 hours
pay. ' •
"Farmers are people too.
Their families deserve as high a
standard of living as the plum-
ber's and the teacher's."
• Hill charges Mrs. Consumer
GODERICH
by Lynn Moffett
•
Thursday October 12 a 4-H.
meeting was held' at the
residence ' of Mrs. S. Mcllwain
on Highway 21. There were 11
girls present.
The meeting started with the
4-H pledge. The girls discussed
Casseroles and title pages for
their note books.
For the demonstration the'
girls - made tuna casserole.
Taking , part in the demon-
stration was Jean Wraith and
Lynn Moffett, Colleen Spence
read the menu.
The next meeting will be held
Monday, October 16.
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with inflating her own grocery
bill. She is gullible, often spen-
ding more on the sophisticated
processing, fancy packages, gim-
micks, and advertising than for
the food, itself.
"This is where the dollars
go.
Parade: and a contribution be
given to the Goderich Minor
Hockey Association to assist in
registration fees.
Mrs. J. Wallace. Education
Convener, reported that
Elizabeth Moore was awarded
the bursary for further
education other than University,
and Shelley Grange received the
bursary for further 'education at
University. - A thank -you note--
was
oteswas read from Miss Lori Keller
who won • the' t;eneral
Prcificiency Award in June.
A group of (members plan to
tra.el to the adopted school on,
Christian Island with the
Christmas gifts in ,October.
Mrs• S. Anderson requested
volunteers to pack the bale on.
Thursday October 5th. She
p
so generously contributed to this
project.
'Mrs. 11. Ainslie of the Ways
and Means Committee reported
that the Wine ami Cheese Party
had been a su1.
Mrs. J. Coates made a motion
to present n gavel with an in-
scribed' plaque to the newly for-
med Chapter in 'Clinton. An in-
vitation was sent to this Chapter
to the Christmas Pot Luck Sup-
per.
The Regent reminded all
members of the Conference in
St. Thomas on 'Thursday Oc-
tober 19.
Citizenship Court will meet on
October 10 at 1 p.m. in order to
welcome the new citizens.
Mrs. J. Coates thanked Mrs.
S, Anderson for inviting the
tha•nked.- t'he"melmbers who-#3act-s= - 4hapter-to her
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