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Zurich Citizens News, 1968-05-02, Page 21PAGE TWO • ZURICH CITI NS NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1965 One If it was ever important for the municipalities of Hensall, Zurich and Hay Township to stick together it is vital now that these three places will comprise one school ward and be rep- resented on the county school board by a single member. Under the present setup Hensall has two members, Hay Township has four members and Zurich, has one member on a seven -man Hay Town- ship School Area board. It has now .been decreed by the powers that be that one man will represent this area on a 14 -man board at the county level. One for seven is quite a switch.. We are told it will cut expenses through fewer paid trustees and less repetition of activity, but we're skep tical since it has been our experience that political promises of savings in- variably add up to more money col- lected through various taxes. Some times we are helpless to discover how it can come about, but we're not yet been disappointed as governmental arithmetic constantly ups costs in the most unforseen places. We can see merit in the new sys- tem. A county school board could function impartially and economical- ly to the satisfaction of all. Success We're 0 Whenever election time rolls round (and it seems to be fairly often in recent years) people begin all over again to ask themselves the ques- tions for which there are no real answers. Like this quiz, perhaps. How should I vote this time?. Should I vote differently than last time? Should I vote for the party- or the man - What has my party being doing since the last election? Can I support their actions? What would happen to the country if I voted differently? Should I just stay home and avoid making a decision? ,Or should I just cast my ballot the way I've been doing every other time—still undecided and rather haphazard? We're ready to wager that most conscientious voters go through this self -question and answer period be- fore every election. The candidates think so too, and that's why so much money and time is spent on ways and .means to help the voters make their Let's About 70 interested area persons attended another informative meet- ing of the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded last week. It was gratifying to notice that the village of Zurich and the surrounding district had several representatives there — primarily from the Roman Catholic community and the Luth- eran Church. It would be even more gratifying if members of Zurich and Hay Town- ship councils would see fit to send representation to the meetings. As well, members of Zurich and Area Lions Club, Hensall service clubs, Dashwood Men's Club could do no better work than to avail themselves of an opportunity to learn what the association is attempting to do for present and future mentally retarded in the district. Speaker at the meeting Mrs. Doris Nobes de Burgh was greatly im- pressed with the progress to date made by the local association. She spoke in glowing terms about it. The mother of a retarded daughter who has come up through special schools and is presently employed at the adult workshop in London, Mrs. Nobes de Burgh knows the value of the work being done today. She showed slides of the adult workshop in London which trains re- tarded adults to do certain jobs with- in their abilities—and do them well. Mrs. Nobes de Burgh pointed out that the young men and women are For AH depends entirely on the quality of members elected within the individ- ual wards. As we see it, out -spoken, clear - thinking men and women are re- quired e-quired on the new county school board. Not only must they be dedi- cated to the cause of all students within their area, they must under- stand and fight for the viewpoint of the ratepayers within that ward. That's no small order but there is no mistaking that it must be filled properly if representation is to be fair and just. Residents of Hensall, Zurich and Hay Township would do well to pool their resources for this election. Only the cream of the crop from each municipality will do. After that vo- ters must be selective and firm in the belief that a man from Hensall will have all due consideration for Zurich interests or that a Hay Township appointee will work as faithfully for his urban neighbors as his rural asso- ciates. Mutual trust must prevail. The time has come when we must trust our school affairs to someone outside our own municipality. Like it or not. we must learn to broaden our horizons. Again all important decision. There is every indication that the battle about to be waged among poli- ticians in Canada will be a lulu. With two new men at the helm of the two major parties in the nation voters should be treated to welcome change from the personality war fought for so long by John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson. Pierre Elliott Tru- deau and Robert Stanfield, exact op- posites, or so it would seem, will make interesting character studies through the next few weeks. Locally we are practically assured that Bob McKinley will once again carry the PC flag into the fray. As for the Liberal choice only time will tell although there is some thought that candidate consistancy has been lacking in the past—and Malt Edgar has indicated he may be willing to accept the nomination for yet an- other go. So we're off. In justwhat direc- tion, no one can be certain until the ballots are officially tabulated on June 25. For what it's worth, may we say that we are looking forward to a majority government this time. All Help all socially acceptable persons with the same desire to live and enjoy life. They ga bowling. They enter- tain at banquets. They like to dance. They understand the basics of a re- ligious faith. They try to be well- groomed and fashionably dressed. In short these mentally handi- capped persons are potentially use- ful citizens with special problems and special needs. How can we deny them? We urge all municipal councils in the area to get behind the associa- tion. Fear of becoming financially involved should be the last reason to keep council representatives at home. Concentrated effort right now is to educate community leaders and in- terested persons in the needs of the mentally retarded. A fund-raising campaign in May is taken to all householders in the district and money realized will be earmarked for a school. Service clubs and church groups with an eye out for projects to pro- mote should jump at the chance to get in on the ground . floor of a hu- manitarian effort for the betterment of all society. There's no easier way to help—and certainly no 'surer meth- od of giving of yourselves and your assets for the future of this part of Ontario. Next meeting will be May 22. Let's fill the auditorium of Exeter Public School with people who want to learn and are willing to shoulder some responsibility. Zurich News PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERts TURKI-IEIM,. Publisher d E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash. Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subscription Rates: $3.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies 10 cents From My Window I just can't figure out what is wrong with today's children. Surely Fin not the only one who has noticed they don't play any more. It's true, Modern day kids do not play games any more — at least they don't play games the way we used to when we were that age. I'm not really old, you know. Oh I admit there was not a single television in the neigh- borhod when I was a youngster but that doesn't mean I was born aboard the ark. We had a radio (and not not with the Huge trumpet either but a streamline cabinet model). My father drove a car. I had a bicycle. There were records in my circle of friends but heaven knows I couldn't afford them. So you can see that nay life wasn't too unlike the lives of my kids—except when I was young I used to get up early, get out of the house as fast as I •could and play all day, to dark or longer if I' could get away with it. In spring we'd build rafts and tree houses and go fishing. Through sttmmer we'd go swimming and play "run sheep run" and pack lunches and take hikes. Come fall we'd collect seeds and watch squirrels hiding nuts - and just idle away hours and hours clown by the railway tracks. Winter days were really active with ice rinks to build, igloos to plan, trails to stalk and hills to con- quer. Days that I was at home un- der my mother's feet were days when I was too sick to do any- thing else. I didn't do it be- cause I enjoyed it. At present the kids who fre- By Shirley Keller quent our house do little more than sit. Whether they are reading comics, watching TV, playing records or just thinking they always do it with the knees sufficiently bent to allow the rear end to be rested on the nearest chair. My eldest son's idea •of adventure is to hear the first performance of a new Monkee recording. High spot in my daughter's life would be to spend a solid uninterrupted day just "messing around the house" you know, a little of this and a little of that and nothing too invigorating. Fact of the matter is, I'm worried that such behavior is not .considered abnormal by the other mothers to whom I've spoken. Most of my friends have so Hauch togetherness with their kids these days that they can't sweep the carpet without first asking that whole bodies of reclined youths struggle to their knees and crawl to the side of the room before folding helpless in a limp lump. Then suddenly without warn- ing the floppy figure pulls it- self into a neat, rather hypnotic stance in answer to the whine of the radio or record player It snaps its fingers, bobs its head, flexes its wrists, bends its knees rhythmically until the music is done. Then it col- lapses once more in a heap. Maybe it is a ease of "weak knees disease" as my huband claims (that's a nice way of say- ing laziness). I'm hoping it isn't some severe form of mal- nutrition or a -hideous effect of this air pollution we hear so much about. I live in hope that aging is the cure. 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