The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-04-28, Page 4PAGE 4--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 38, 1977
Bonus for Kin
Many bouquets were handed out Monday
evening to Goderich Kinsmen on the. uc
coccus of the official opening of their nt'w
facility for the mentally retarded adults of
the community
Some of these plaudits came from other
Kinsmen who recognized the kind of effort
which %%erit into the- construction of the
budding, erected almost entirely through
\ulunteer labor Some came from
praessa)nuls who work every day with the
retarded ,tnel know exactly how valuable
the Kinsmen ('entre will be to local menu
tally retarded adults. And some were ex-
pressed by ordinary citizens who were
impressed w ith the new workshop, its
;tininess, its careful planning, its thoughtful
extra,
Whether the praise came from laymen or
not, the tact remains that the Kinsmen
('entre for Mentally Retarded Adults is of
tremendous importance in this community;
It is true that the newly completed
workshop stands as a reminder that the
mentally retarded are citizens here, that
they have a right to all the amenities of
modern living, that they have a con•
trihution to `(make and that they deserve
corn Ili -unity support and understanding.
It isn't just Goderich Kinsmen who are
involved with the provision of facilities for
the mentally retarded During the• 50th
Anniversary of Kinsmen in Canada in 19.0.
rnt'nlbers we're proud to open the Kinsmen
National Institute on Mental Retardation in
Toronto. More than s4O0,O0u was raised by
Kinsmen for this project, with another
-.S5,000 raised by the Kinettes..
The sante kind of determination has
culminated in the Kinsmen Centre hp -
Mentally Retarded Adults at the corner of
Keays and Raglan Streets in Goderich, It
takes a good deal of hard work and plain
stubbornness for a small club like Kinsmen
rn Goderich to raise close to 650,000. But it
was done and, it was a proud moment
Monday evening for every Kinsmen Club
member in Goderich.
Hut there was. an even greater ac-
complishment, if that is possible. The
building project has served to bring
mem hers closer,rtugither. and the club is
stronger right now than it has been in many
years, The genuine warmth that is K
sriienship k glowing brighter than ever
these days. Chances are that Kinsmen in
Goderich will reach even greater heights. of
achievement in the months' that lie ahead,
simply because the local members gave of
themselves for something outside them-
selves. .1u;t watch and see' if that isn't
stn.—SJ K
People responded
It was good to learn that close to 200 in-
terested -citizens attended the special
meeting of the Huron County Board of
Education Monday evening in Clinton. If -
hoard members had any thought. that
-Huron's citizens are unconcerned about file
education'of their children, that idea must
have been buried forever as the meeting
room was crowded to overflowing with
spectators there tohear the presentation
involving English Literature books on the
cot,irse of study in the county high schools.
Apparently there was some disap•
pointment registered by certain members
of the audience because there was no op-
portunity for .comments from the floor.
Perhaps- Board Chairman Herb Turkheim
was wise to keep a close check on the
meeting, allowing only English teachers,
, school principals and students to take part
in the presentation. One spectator com-
mented that if ail visitors had been allowed
:time' to speak their minds, the session
would have gone on well into Tuesday,
But there are two things to be learned
from the meeting,
First of all, visitors to the" hoard of
education Monday evening are reminded
that they may return at almost any time to
have their say. It remains only to call the
hoard office at least one week- prior to a
hoard meeting. to arrange for a time on the
meeting agenda. What's more, it is to he
hoped that many taxpayers who attended
the meeting • and others who may he
reassured by what happened Monday
evening • will make it their business to sit in
from time to time on regular deliberations
of the hoard, Community interest so
demonstrated can only result, in good
things.
Secondly, it was. clearly evidenced
Monday evening that when the issue is
defined - when thew� is information to be
shared and a debate'fo be aired - the hoard
can he certain the public is not only in-
terested but perfectly able to intelligently
hear such information and assess its worth
in an open session. The board is to he
commended for changing its initial
decision to hold the mooting in camera.
That would have been a mistake - and much
understanding between the board and the
public that would have been lost has now,
taken new life in Huron,—SJK
Flowery sentiment
Friday evening is the GDCI At Home
formal dance with the theme Jubilee
Three. Since there will he many young men
selecting flowers for their dates this
weekend, the Signal•Star offers this advice
ceni'er'ning.hns.ti to say itt or riot say it) with
flowers.
s
In miediesal times flowers were the
secret language of lovers. Some say this
was because of the high illiteracy rate:
others claim it wits easier and safer to flirt.
with flowers than the written word.
Whatever the reason, the custom died
out But if you r•ea.Ily want to give that
special girl it messagealong with her
corsage. here ,ire a fesw• tips,
If yeti want to say. "I've got a crush on
you,` send her white hyacinths, If you want
to let her kntrw there's- n (thing serious
:thew gout' relationship, send lily•of•th,e--.
Salley hirh traditionally states. "Let's.
lust be friends '4.Ur maybe you want to let
her dncwri gently, letting her know that she's
not number one in your life any more Send
yellow chrysanthemums which say,
"There's someone else," Yellow roses say,
"I've found someone els4,"
Maybe the gal in your life is pushing you
int() a situation for which you are not yet
ready, Cornflower's are the message
carrit:rs you need. They say, "Take it easy;
1 don't like to be rushed,"
If your ,gal hasn't been true blue - or so
you think - you can clear the air with pink
geraniums which say. "You'd Netter have a
good explanation.'.
But if it's love
your hest bet is 'pink
carnations which shout, "Yes," Petunias
say, "Stay with me" and white pansies
confess, "You're always on my mind,'
One word of warning. Watch out for ivy-
thtrt pretty green stuff which often gets
stuck into corsages to make them more
attractive. ivy could get you int() trouble. it
tells the girls. "i want you more than
anything ••—S,iK
tgobtritfj
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!his Goderich organ is still in use at Grande Prairie, Alberta, about 1800 miles from its
home town, as the crow flies, but much farther by rail. It is probably one of the many
distributed by the T. Eaton Company. Fred Owens, 9316 - 106 Avenue, who occasionally
ploy s (and pumps) the organ, wrote to Town Administrator Harold Walls for information
about the Goderich Organ Company, and on being supplied with same (by W. E. Elliott)
sent along some pictures of his organ.
Voices4rorn the past soundin
he presen
R1" SHIRI.EN' J. I(1 1 t,1 R
As .the kids. say, there's
plenty of "heavy things"
going clown at the Huron
County Board Of Education
these days, The latest of these
was a committee meeting a
week ago to talk about ''sex
edacati10 in the schools.
One of the 'items on the
agenda was a health test to
determine - what basic
knowledge.' the students in the
secondary school system:
have regarding sexual in
ercourse and the
reproductive organs. After
scanning the test which the
hoard decided should hr
given to Grade' 1 ' students ern
Huron • probably boys. and
girls, not ,necessarily in the
same classroom setting - "I
doubt very much if 1, married
:3 years and the mother of
three children. could get a
decent grade on the paper.
With the exception of a few
very basic ,end general
questions. the answers would
require a great deal of
knowledge c and
f, un-
derstanding of the body and
how` it functions, Many of the
DE
carols used in the question-
naire are ' strictly medical
,argon and much of the in-
formation gleaned from it is
purely clinical,
For example: A fertilized
egg 'grows and develops
within the (11 :plaeenta: (2)
lining of the uterus; (3)
()\'odes: (4) lining of the
vagina. Hardly stpff to set
childish minds tittering eh?
f
'I•he test was developed
through the Family Planning
Branch of the Huron County
Health Unit. and according to
Dr. Frank Mills 'is'designed
for students in Grades 10 and
I.` ut . secondary schools in the
system.
• He said the test was to
determine not.only what the
students knew about such
matters, but also when they
learned 'it, For instance, if
Grade 10 students could not
pass the test and Grade 12
students could, it meant that
the average student learned
his or her basic knowledge at
about age 16,
Or the
c
test would show the Grade 10
sLeal cnts were
R READERS
knowledgeable, \vhich could
conclude that sex ,education
possibly„ couId he given
earlier for best results. Or,
perhaps even Grade 12 kids
would flunk out and the sex
education program should he
beefed up in the schools,
As I)r. Mills pointed out; the
test was designedto'rovide a
guide to those -persons of
fering sexual education to"the
young people in Huron's
ciassroom. It was designed to
assist the hoard in deciding
upon the type of sex education
program best' suited for
students here.
At the committee meeting,
the recommendation was for
the test to begiven to students
of Grade 12 only. It was
thought the questionnaire
was 0)0 spphisticated for
younger • students, One
wonders, especially when
there is ample evidence -
,cven in solid, morally -upright
and basically rural Huron
County that there's plenty of
sexual activity among;
students much t ch younger than
those of Grade I 2 age.
And what's more, it is
obvious the board personnel -
whether it is administrative
staff or elected committee
members - was not i'.ully
aware of wht}t the testing roils.°
designed to do or how the
results would be used for the
benefit of students. It isn't
difficult to see that if there is
co-operation and com-
munication between the
health unit and the schools, it
is at the classroom level
where teachers and nurses
work together, and not at the
administrative level,
+ + +
It is amazings(how Huron's
trustees take it en themselves
to protect the county's
students from the facts of life;.
Consider question 22 on the
test:
"During ejaculation the
sperm passes through four
successive structures as
follows: (1) epididymis, vas
deferense, ejaculatory duct,
uretha: (2) ejaculatory duct,
vas deferens, epididymis,
uretha; (3) vas deference,
ejaculatory atc)ry duct', uretha,
epididymis: (4) uretha,
ejaculatory duct; vas
ferens, epididymis,
Prue, people atm!
, didn't learn that
classroont under the
of health: And true,
left niy generation
crippled. We hate
to starry, have di,
enjoy a fairly norm
w ithout such unders
But ask yourself±
such knowledge
c•re=,(sed your app
romantic interlude
st,il'S? Or is' it m
such a cold, clinit;al
makes you more
your body and them
way in: which itfupc
making you morere
regarding its,:use.1;11
more likely that a?
self worth wool
lessening the inti
promiscuity?
The test as preset'
F1 tt ri,n - County B
Education was
scientific as any o
given in school these
dealt with the humar
rs ,
•o and with the
course, c,
relationship of m
(continued
Editorials good
1)car Editor,
Your interesting editorials
on "Morality at home.' and
"Prepare to die moved me
to pr•ttpaire the enclosed uta -
title: -Purgatory ver•strs the
Webster defines"moral .
as bring: "[pert.( inent 1 to
the distinction "between right
and wrung.'
Perhaps if our religious.
"educators- who have had
the ()relay version Bible and
claimed to 1)1 teaching oji:ti it
contains to the people et IT
since I Win, had actually
taught its contents instead of
"purgator'y''the cont rot r•r•sv.
DEAR EDITOR
over "filth" in hooks might
never have arisen.
"These men and
organizations need to follow
the advice contained in your
editorial • "Are they looking
inward and removing the
beams from their own eyes so
they can see clearly to take
the speck out of someone
else's eye?"
Y't,'thet or not you see fit to
publish either this __letter air
the article is immaterial to
nit•, But 1 MI'S•I i• i>i, ss what
many people are feeling
teddy. but ,Ire our seen) to
have the Intestinal fortitude
lu let their feelings he S time ti.
S nc,•rei y)rurs,
('Inrton.
1' Whir s N.,at,• alo' it'll.
,1
+ 1 I \Its \(,O
hr, entertainment in SI
(anlages School. on Wed
nrsclay rt ening, under the
1r1(5I es nf' the Y i' (i e\wtts
will ,r11r•nrler1. ar) those
present keel r delighted \e Ith
the jirngra n1 Mrs Miller
managed -the gr;aph„phnne
most ,thly ,and the untidier.,
were \.o reel. )ntereslni'g. and
;.!it en with n r I*tarmacs and
\cilunie that 111.a(lr the can
' lert,iinment the hest
submitted by Mr,. Barney will
not he published in this
newspaper which does not
wish to be omit embroiled in
a denominations dispute.
You're invited
i)ear Editor:
TheAnnual Members
Meeting of the Huron Historic
Gaol will be held on May 4 at
:3(1 p.ni, in the Assessment
Building on Gloucester
Terrace. A voting nlem-
berah ip fee of $1,110 will he
available to you that evening
should you wish to heco'me a
vetting member in this public
-corporation.
Any citizen who would like
In become actively involved
in the Huron Historic Gaol
Board and serVe on same is
urged to make themselves
known to me before May 4.
Following the Members
Meeting, a Public Meeting
will he held at 8:30 to receive
input on the proposed
cultural facility outlined in,
Mr, Hill's report "A plan for
restoration', a copy of which
is in the library. We urge all
interested persons to make
their opinions known at this.
meeting, -
It is sincerely hoped that,
with your,help, the Board will
proceed in the direction most
desired by and in the best
interest of the public, to
whom it is responsible.
Yours truly,
Joan Van den Broeck.
Gun control
I)e ar Editor:
\'~ c have just
ne \s Iegislationit}'
In a))iend the Crim)+
}tent use n: inyCana'
pa rtii•uiarly cones.
the subject ofl�
('(irltrol, a'e woU ,
explain briefly' hot
hill would, afiet
ownership find use l:
We believe
owners of.firearilsm'
are scrims, res;
people who handtalks'
llle
le
with care. in the'
have' had with
tatives of gun 21
(continued
LOOKING BACK
grtatihr)1)11"1,' nor ewe1'
Ill (ri,lil't'1( h
Thr else of the they
'nronrl•tr•e.this week direct--
.11t+'ntlon to Ihl' building, now
[wing erected, 111111 wi1
hrretrflt'r' hr known as tit:'
(;oder 1E0 Solo owl. Hotel
I rent enquiries tirade and .1
close comparison of the work
dope since 1111' ne\w year dint it
?oda) it is almost certain
that at to ill be ready for the
rev rption of guests. early r)
ten!.
.i \ I NHS (G()
I arefl with the urgency of
having 11 permanent floor
installed in tete Memorial
\reno time for the
adequate carrying out of the
()Id Nome Week program. the
(ioderic•h Lions Club laid
plans for the laaniching of a
( aniptlign to raise the sI ',00(1
required for the laying of the
floor
\ long tern) plan for the
liulltiinq i f a ' seem of per.
'ni,an('nl streets in the town
was put forward at Friday's
town council meeting. If the
county accepts the proposals.
it would give Goderich its
first system of permanent
streets.
.i )1 I. 1K' 1(1O
Both elenientairy schools in
the town of Goderich will
have new principals wht'r
Sept(' miser rolls around
Garnet It Harland, presently
vice principal of Exeter
I'ubltt' achoul, will become
principal of
Mcninrl if Selloo
succeed Ralph
rs to hccome(4
iondcnt with
('minty Board of l;
I)nn O 13rien,Zuri(
principal of "
school for the pant.
111• hecon.e 1)1
Victoria
Victoria7hi
lnhn Karst.
principal
Public School
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