The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-04-04, Page 19This is going to be,a shot -gun
column, instead Of the usual
coherent, unified, lucid
examination of a, single topic.
, I'M going to aim in all direc-
tions, at once and pull both
triggers. Reason is I've got to
getteady to go to Germany on
Sunday and have a lot to do.
Like shine my shoes, and
cbange $12 into rubles or
whatever they use, and get my
wife to iron some shirts, and,
uh, get her to pack my bag, and,
uh, a lot of important'
things:
First of all, I've rediscovered
a maxim that was already an-
cient when Moses looked out
over the promised land: 'wernen
, are not only unpredictable, but
onreasenable.
My wife had known for about
J. a month that.I might be going
to Germany on the winter
break, She thought it was great
for me. "It'll, be a nice change
for you. Ana it'll do you good
to gee away from me for a- few
days. You must get -sick of me."
I lied politely, as usual. Told
her I didn't need a change, that
I could sCarcely bear the
thought of being separated, and
that the very idea of being sick
of her was nauseating.
Then I came home one day
and told herlt was all set, but
that she couldn't go. "When?",
she' queried, knowing it would
be several months off, and that
there might be an earthquake
or a flood or something in the
meantime.
"0 hi- I-gtress- Sunday- night",
I responded capally, Serene in.
•the knowledgethat she. was in
favour of the trip. She burst
into tears.
My next topic also deals with
the familY, and with -an
aqueous event. Aside from a
rainstorm, have ypu ever been
soaked from a reat height? I
have. Last Sunday.
I was, thoroughly enjoying
playing with my grandson. He's
old enough now to be Iplayed
with, eitheut..fear that he'll
break. I had him under the ar-
mpits and was hoisting him, in
the air; making those ridiculous
sounds that would make grand-
father blush crimson' if they
•ever heard them on tape.
A loek of pure glee passed
across the kid's face, and I
thoaght, "By ,&golly, he knows
me, and he's enjoying his gran,
dad." Next 'second, I .was
ridoaked from shoulder to knee.
'! It was warm, and at first I
thought I'd burst a painless
blood, vessel. But it was the
wrong colour.
It's not unpleasant ' at first.
_Rather like taking a -warm, salt
bath with your clothes on. It's
when it begine to cool.:.
- There's not much more to be
developed thr4e, so I'll turn to
, topic three: exams, which we
have just gone through a
session of.
Nothing is more depressing
than starting' to mark a set of
• exam 'papers, and ,finding that
,the 'first five you mark are
failures. Yoti are filled with
self-doubt. "Have .I not taught
them anything? I'm a failure as
,a teacher. I 'should go' back to
the shoe factory. If everybody
fails, I'll be fired°, beCause „in
this system, if you're teaching
failures, you' re ' a . failure as a.
teacher, regardless of, any other
factors."
Then you pick up. a paper
and the stnclent has understood
•• what -yotese taught, -...-mod
plied it, lind used some br'ains
of its own, and it's &ninety per -
center. Hallqujah! And you're
hooked for another year. •
There is only one thing worse
than rnakking exam pars.
'That is supervising the writing
of them. The 4uaint old word
fpr this function is "in-
vigilating." 1t sounds kind of
dirty; but it isn't. Just utterly,
boring. ,
• You are figurativIly locked
hg BILI, SMIIEY
'in a room for two hours with
about 35 teenagers. That alpne
is a fate worse then„death,for
some people, Pergobally, I'd
' rather'he % locked in vtith-.35.
students -than with 35 ballopns.
Then begins twq' hours of
hell. The kids' are supposed to
be tense, nervous, straining
every brain cell to ,do well.
They're about as tense as a
hibernating bear. ,Suale takes
off her shoes, assUmes a yoga
position, and look's out the win-
dow: Jack's crutch, a relic of
skiing and a broken leg, falls on
•
the floor, Lnd you, jump,a foot,
while the victims 'snicker.
You resort, after the first
hour,. to such things as counting
greasy hair versus vinished hair,
bras versus. braless, big clumsy
boots Aiersus sneakers.
You look up at.the pieture on
, the wall of the Queen, on whom
somebody , has drawn a
moustache: 'Yop in,, with
your imagi•nation,\I sideburns,
.and realize the Queen would
have' been pretty dashing in.
1580.
You long out the window at
the dirty snow -banks and
dream of a beach or a trout
stream. You whip around,
aware you were drifting, to see
if anyone is cheating. Nobody
is. Except Joe, who has• given,
•up after half an hour of tongue
and pen working together, and
.is sound asleep,:head on arms.
An early fly buzzes.
„_Warned you this would be a
" shotgun 'column. But I think
• I've covered everything dn the
' -
Next despatch will beLfrom
Germany. I promise it will be
loaded ' with fraulein,
gernu. tlichheit, blutwurst, put-
-; sches and other Teutonic
goodies';
Let's see now, if I remember
ity Deutsch. "Was maken sie
hier? "Wie vil hu r ist es? Nich
rauchen bevo&der zug halte.
Ich bin 'ein krieggefangenner.
Wo bist, die scheisshaus?"
Reckon I'll getalong.
Suggests the civil service
be limited work force
By MURIEL TROTT
Alfred Hales (PC -
Wellington) "suggested ,Fyiday,
in Clinton, 'that the size Of the,
civil service should be limited
to a certain percentage of the.
.populataitim. -
Speaking at the annual
meetim of the Huron County;
Federal Pr„ogressive ,Conser'-'
vative Association, the MP said
the • federal civil „lervice has
become "Most expansive and
expe-nSive" 'under' the Trudeau
government: • He said the
growth of the public service'
was far greater than the growth
of population. •
chairman of the public ac-
counts cornmittee, Mr. Hales
said inflation was , today's
• greatest 'concern. He.aid the
cost of living has increased 29
per cent since the Trudeau
government took power in
1968. •
, •
- claimed that Mr.
Trudeau, had promised to con-
trol expenses when first blectdd,
but his, goYernment's spending
had increa0d from $9.9 billion:
in 1968 to $23 biliion in 1973.
He said the Trudeau govern-
ment has soffit more money ,
since 1968 than all previous'
,governrnents ;combined.
DID YOU KNOW ...
,
If you are convicted with impaired driving, your
Automobile hisurance Company will surcharge your
premium by 100%.
Auto •. Fire ,Ute
Vit I. Hughes Insurance Agency
,'•38 EAST ST GODERICH
.–Don.MacEwan
524-9131
GODERIC410I9NAteSTAR. TOURrAlt, APRIL 40974-440.8
'On February 25 Pon 114c4r-
thin. of RR 2 Oqderich was
- given a safe driving award for
twenty years of faultless
driving. The award Was presen-
ted by the lionorable Gordon
Carlton QC then Minister of
Transportation and, Com-
munication.
•
Don is a Bell Telephone ern- .
149Yee' responsible for
telephone cable repairs in and
around Goderich. He has been
with Bell for 29—years and
wcirked in 'the Goderich area
for all but 18 months when he
was in '1.1,ncipp, • , . •
He has ,driven over 400,000
Miles for thelcompanyin his 20
year award span .and has.
received no ticketS and. has had
no accidents in all that thne. ,
-
. •
Said Dorf; "I only broke one
law in .all that tire and that
was a parking bylaw and I got
tagged for .it." 4
At the dinner 'in London
where the presentation was
m,ade, there , were about .10
'other Bell men honeyed.
"I am poud , of my
achievement ?which as far is 1
am coneerned\ has been a
cbhibination of hiatiand skill",
said Don.
• He promised that if elected
the Conservatives would trim
spending,' giye the 'House of
Commons mqre _pow& _over
spending„ ,atiow the auditor
general td do a management
audit and limit the size of the
civil service.
Re-elected to • 1974
association -executive were,.
president Clayton Laithwaite of
RR 1, Goderich, vice-presidents'
Edward 'Powell of RR 1, ,
Witigham, Fre'd'Heamanbf RR
3, Parkhill, Mrs, Margaret Ben-
nett of VVingham, Harry Hayter
of RR 2,, -Dashwood, Roy
Cousins of Brus1C1s, William
Musser of Exeter Ad Murray .
Cardiff of Ethel and secnetary
treasurer Mrs.:Norma Grigg of
Clinton.
Directors are: Mrs. F. G.
Thompson, Gerald Holmes, Ed-
ward Grigg, , all of,,, Clinton,
Valentine Becker and Glenn.
Webb' of Dashwood 'and James
Donnelly • of Goderleh. YPC
director is Janies Silk of
Seaforth. • •
R.. E. MdKinley of Zurich
(PC -Huron) and Elmer' Bell of
Exeter remain on executive as
honorary presidents.
•
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- APRIL. 15,1974
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moditat -thilk
- BY APPOINTMENTONLY
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Dr. A.B. Deathe
Dr. H.R. Cieslar
Dr. It.G. Lamas
Dr. B. Lynch
• Don McArthur, on the•left, was.prOsented a 20 year sate driving award by Minister of Tran-
sportation, Gordon Carlton at a dinner in London.
The sun is shining and I am •
thinking ahead to SUMMER -
FEST! • "
• This year it falls on July
25,26 and 27. Already the Gar,
den Club have great plans for
their participation in'itand we
alt. appreciate their hard work.
Perhaps I • shouldn't say
HARD Work. They ail have fun
at this-tyoe, of project and I'm
-sure-More-people would to
join in the fun - but they area
little -reluctant to come foe -
ward. ,
If they would attend, the
meetings held ih the nice music
room at' Robertson Memorial
School, • they would soon be
swept up in the excitement of
this show and enjoy all the
many phases-' of gardening so
much m6r.e. Their next meeting
is April 22,-r,nark your calen-
dar - and attend.
This group js .very .pleasant.
and iriformal. You seem to fit
right in at -the beginning and
you will be glad you made the
effort. -
With 'all the new -brand
spanking :NEW -homes In and
around Goderich there must be
many homemakers who, need a
bit dfhelp intplanni4" and
planting their new lawns- and
gardens.
The folks, in the Parden Club
are- ,, just great in. their.
'Willingness to ‘help you. There
is always a cerfain amount of
landscaping done .411 each
new home - but keeping it.up or
makingit persdiiallvYOURS iS
another thing., Join the group
and make gardening a lot more
pleasant.
'see where the use Of: seat
belts fol. .the. driver and
Ilassengers- is now aboutt.
becomelaw-and a good thing
for all of us. When 1 am a
passenger in a i.!ar' the first
thing I do is fasten my seat
belt. ,
Many cars have thelseat belts
pulled back so that vou can't
use them. In my case when l'th,
driving I don't use, the !.oeat belt
but when I'm a passenger - I
want
Of ,course, the driver. sho Id
be buckled up, too .A'rori m'
going tirhave„ to start doing it --
hut a passenger does not watch
the traffic or wha't 'the driver is
doing - and 'so cniuitdeasily he
bashed against the windshield
f there is a sudden stop, •
In accidents there has been to
great reduction in iirjuries and
fatalities because of the safety
belt
be4t. Also the great reduetion in
spinal cord injuries suggests
that we need to heed thenew'
law and BUCKLE UP!
If I can ,do it - you an. •
Love Martha
P.S. Did you remember April
6 Spring Ilea and Bake Sale at.
McKay Hall? Eastern Star
Ladies are the Spon4ors.
' Mark June 8 for a god time
at the Sorority Ball.
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