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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-06-15, Page 6PAGE 6—.,C'ODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1978 Dear Editor....., • from page 4 fois gras and beluga caviar" in an awful hurry.. Yours truly, Roger J. Kenyon Writes again Dear Editor, After each letter I've written to you, I vowed it would be the last, that I'm going to be normal and not be publicly proclaiming my views. But how can I sit still through this book - banning business (I'll never be normal!), when I feel one of our basic human rights is being threatened, our right to independent in- vestigation of the truth? To me this is a very serious sign,and reminds me of nations which deliberately seek to restrict the independence off mind and spirit among their citizens and by that very policy have aroused revolution within and suspicion and fear out- side their boundaries. Is this what we want? How can we hope to encourage world - mindedness in our youth, which could quite con- ceivably be our only hope for survival on this planet? Senior students are not children. Theyare young adults, capable of judging for themselves and coming to their own conclusions, and direc- ting their own lives, And it is their God-given right to do so. If in their family life they have known love and mutual respect, sound spiritual guidance, good speech and a healthy, responsible attitude towards sex, they should be capable of discerning the true from the false, and right from wrong and of seeing things in their true proportions. Lacking this, banning is not The answer. Education is the answer. To quote from a favourite prayer, "0 God, make Thou this home of ours the garden of affection, a ripening place wherein the hidden powers of our hearts may unfold, expand, and bear the fruit of an abiding joy " Surely this is the whole purpose of education, whether in the home or in the school, and our teachers who play such a vital role in this development deserve our deepest respect and, full support. But in the end, the freedom to choose must remain the right of the individual. Yours sincerely, Phyllis Durst. CWL right! Dear Editor, In the leading article on MR. AND MRS. RICHA.RD•HOOD April wedding June 8, "Teachers should rule on dirty books" several points were scored by three people. Tom Collins, Paul Rob and Peggy Rivers. In spite of their intellectual fireworks they are sadly at fault. "You trust your doc- tors, and your ministers, you'd better trust your teachers." It isn't true. You trust your doctor but not for malpractice. As for ministers they are not implicitly trusted fbr we move when our trust is lost in a given setting. Blind trust of teachers is as evil as trust of Hitler, Mussolini or Franco. The very thing Collins claims as the ultimate end of all education is here set on the shelf. Think for yourself. Mr. Collins is carried away,by a simple threat to his authority. Rivers' remark about notoriety for Huron County is pure scare tactics. Whatever hap- pened to heated townhall sessions in our celebrated participatory democracy? Is Rivers dispensing'. with it by. hoisting some form of - subversion scare of the honest good folk of Kingsbridge! She has lost all credibility in my book. If parents cannot mount a protest something is radically wrong. Rightly or wrongly motivated they are entitled to a voice. Confusion arises from the fact that authority does not reside in any one camp. This debate demon- strates there are five camps; home, school, church, expertise of professionals and mass media. There is a need to respect each domain and not raid a one fifth authority base to aggrandize one's own own camp. Rivers attempts this by innuendo. Parents do have substantial rights to mount a protest regar- dless of the sanctity of expertise. One historical occasion pilts this in perspective. A sharp quarrel between the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope caused one prelate and partisan to pray: "Sit firm on thy throne, 0 Lord or Henry will push you off ! " Ross argues to each his own authority. Fair. But he too oversteps, any bounds of mutual trust. The parents are legally creators, stewards and trustees of the school. It is really not just the group who mounted this objection, rightly or wrongly, who are in- volved. The issue is based on a concern of a genuine nature no matter who ..."if ever two were one, then Surely we ... belittles it as such. As a teacher, parent The Lutheran Church, Berea -By -The -Water, on and minister, I genuinely Gibbons Street in Goderich was the scene of a pretty resent the tone and in - wedding when Christina Vanden Heuvel and Richard nuendo that parents are Hood exchanged vows on April 21. to supply the children for The Reverend A. Vander Burg, minister of Clinton education but education Christian Reformed Church, officiated.. cannot be scrutinized by The bride is the daughter 'of Mr. and Mrs. Kase bungling amateurs. Vanden Heuvel of RR 2, Goderich, and the groom is As the trusted minister the on of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hood, Bruce Street in I would venture to say Peterborough. that all I say is. not The bride wore an ivory shaded traditional style swallowed without gown sewn by herself. The yolk and sash belt had tiny question. ivory flowers on it. She carried a bouquet of off-white My prayer is: Thank roses and sky blue baby's breath. heaven some parents The maid of honor was Audrey Vanden Heuvel, make noises from time to sister of the bride. She wore a two piece dress of time. mainly off white with a tiny floral pattern and eyelet Kingsbridge don't be ruffles.cowed by expertise. It is, The. best man was John Dimoff, friend of the groom, not always right. of Toronto. Very sincerely, After the wedding ceremony, friends and family of Earl K. St. Jean the bridal couple gathered at the home of the bride's Auburn parents for an informal wedding reception. Mr. and Mrs. Hood are residing at 7 Crescent Place, Apartment 2820, Toronto. 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Mrs. Osborn is a founding member of the Goderich and District Pro -Life Group that was established in 1973 and incorporated in 1974. She served as president of the group for two years. She has chaired several committees of the local' pro-life group and is presently public relations and education .committee chairperson. While serving on the com- mittees she he,+lped organize television presentations with local politicians in the laun- ching of the One Million Name petition. She had served for four years on the Board and Executive of the Huron County Children's Aid Board, does volunteer work with retarded children and served on the youth advosory board and the Advisory Board, of the Huron Volunteer Bureau: As a representative of the Pro -Life Group she served on the committee studying the needs of the homebound in Huron County which later resulted in the establish- ment of a day care centre for the homebound in Clinton, with the aid of a government grant. Mrs. Osborn also organized , television presentations and meetings with educational authorities in Huron County asking that pro-life books and in- formation be made - available in sejIQols. She . was 'instrumental in establishing a Bir- thright satellite of the London branch in Goderich and in 1974 was presented with a cer- tificate of merit by the St. Peters Knights of Columbus in recognition of her service to the pro life movement in the area. Mrs. Osborne is the mother of four children. Odd Couple cast James Murphy, artistic director for the Huron Country Playhouse, has announced the supporting cast for its opening production, "The Odd Couple", , starring Jack Duffy and Leslie Carlson. Ann de Villiers, returning to the Playhouse for her third season, and Marion Gilsenan, a well known Toronto actress making her first Playhouse ap- pearance, will play the Pigeon sisters, two swinging British divorcees. 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