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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO; SEPTEMRER 19, 1968
Teaching Makes the Difference
County wide school boards, which
bring with them increasing costs of
education administration and perhaps
a more _impersonal approach to the
problems of the individual student are
not the entire answer to the problems
facing education today.' -
What is needed according to an auth-
ority is greater attention to the capa-
city which individual teacheis have for
teaching. Lloyd Dennis, co-chairman of
an' Ontario Government, committee on
the aims and objectives of education
which delivered its report earlier this
summer, said a class of 80 students
with a good teacher is more fortunate
than two classes of 40 taught by incom-
petents. His solution is to fire the in-
competents..
Mr. Dennis was speaking to a .group
From My
By Shirley
Someone said not too long
ago that I had an odd sense of
humor when it came to mother-
hood. To that person, I address
this entire epistle.
Motherhood is a, wonderful
,experience. Nothing in the
whole world can compare to the
thrill of giving life. •
In fact, I often feel sympathy
for the men of the nations who
will never know the sheer joy
of giving forth another human
body as God has destined women
to ..do. Perhaps, though, fathers
have been blessed with some
ulterior sensation just as grati-
fying to them.
Bit there are mothers — and
there are mothers.
Mothers — the true blue kind
meant to have hordes of child-
ren at their knees — are the
women I -envy most. They are
born to mother. They are gift-
ed with patience and tolerance
and gentleness and kindness and
all the other attributes poets
associate with good Mothers.
Motlierelike these are invarn-
able, both to their own children,
the neighbor's children and any
children who may happen by.
God help me, I'm not that
kind of a mother.
love my own three children,
of school trustees and administrators
as part of a nine-month tour promoting
the report issued by the committee he
co-chaired with Mr. Justice Emmett
Hall.
' The report recommends abolition of
formal subjects, grades, homework, ex-
aminations and marks. -
Pointing out that while edueation has
solved the problems of preparing stu-
dents for specific job, Mr. Dennis
said it has not found a way to condition
individuals to face the demands of mod-
ern society.
-Perhaps the deformalization of edu-
cation is one of the answers. Certainly
there is no doubt of the importance of
the teacher and of the responsibility
which the Department of Education
has in weeding out the incompetents.
Window
J. Kellar
but like that man says, "I
wouldn't give a nickel for an-
other one." •
I'm . not happiest when I'm
surrounded by kids: Content-
ment for me isn't settling the
day's arguments between a
bunch of boisterous brats. I
don't get my kicks -from worry -
in 'how to pay the bread Man
of where to get the funds for
six new iiairs of winter, boots.
• I wish I was More Of a moth-
er — the true blue kind afore-
mentioned. But Pm not, and I
refuse to • be a martyr to a
cause just betatise society ex-
pects me to.
What's more, Pm willing tR
bet there are thousands and,
thousands of women who feel
exactly as I do. It isn't that
we're- hard, cruel monsters •with-
out any feeling for children. It
is simply that we admit a fail-
ing'to mother as abundantly as
other mothers can.
And it's healthier for every-
one that we understand our-
selves — andlearn not to be
ashamed. • • .
If a woman, feels that "one
more child in the home would
be the worst thing that could
happen to her, she • probably is
on the verge of a serious men-
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tal collapse brought on by an
accute case of diaper -tension.
Maybe' she's prone to -foolish
anxiety _about the health of her
family. Could be she's right-
fully worried about finances.
Perhaps she's just mentally tir-
ed from peing saddled with the
weight of responsibility for
raising kids in this wicked
world.
If there are still people in
the world who honestly believe
,that every child born is a want-
ed child, then some folks 'have
a lot of growing up to do.
Why the push for greater
flexibility in the abortion laws?
Why all the excitment over the ,
pill? Why are families becom-
ing noticeably smaller and ma-
ternity wards consiste,utly em-
ptier?
Mothering mothers are a God-
send to mankind. Babies are
living proof that miracles still
happen.
But let's be honest. Soule of
us have it and some of us don't.
Far, far better that we face up
to our shortcomings where
motherhood is concerned than
t�_, live n lie that could drive
us — and 'those we love -
straight t� the Peculiar Palace.
Sugar and Spice
— By Bill Smiley —
A GREAT SUMMER
Today the painters came. That
sounds like the refrain or the
last line of a modern poem. It
isn't Today the painters came.
• And tomorrow the relatives
come, with their dog and -child-
ren. There doesn't seem to be
much connection; but there is.
The pahrters took all the fur-
niture out of one bedroom and
put it in aniSthei.,Sii that's to
bedrooms unserviceable: -"That
leaVeS one, for four adults, two
children, and a -poodle. Its going
to be cozy.
And last night I lay in the
'sand by a fire and looked at a
star -flunk, far-flung sky, and
-kept brushing aside beautiful
Women who offered me drinks
•mid food. Mostly sandy ham-
, burgers, And today 1 have a
head full of sand, literally and
figuratively.
And the other night I sat by
a roaring cottage fireplace on'a
cOol bight and hotly debated
With old friends such world
`IsSties as Rotten Kids, and
Dutch. 'Eltn Disease. Until 410
a,tit, Nothing Was settled,. ex-
• egit the state of my health the
•neXt daY.
And theecnight before that, a
lady plioneci and told us Xim
• had been in au actident and
ivet in the nniergeney Ward at
OM hospital, -All rceords *ere
shattered; getting: there: A, bang
Ob the, foreheak two •SW011en
• itheek. 84 braises and a three:
• Oitch' tut Is pretty ludo after
head -tin coliWon4 "
And yesterday the same Kim
took off, hitch -hiking with a
friend, for MontreaL' Her aunt
was horrified that we 'let her
go. Until my wife reminded her
(aunt) that she had been mar-
ried at that age.
• And today, thank the pow-
ers, Kim phoned and said she
was safe,' if not sound. She was
car -sick all -the Way, and has a
sty on her eye. But she's hav-
ing an exciting interesting time,
while ,k/g parents slowly but
inexoralfly- turn gray.
A:nd the weeds in my flower -
bed stand tall and reach for
the sun, While the flowers peep
between their knees like frigh-
tenenhildren. •
And I haven't been fishing
once this stfmmer. And I've
played vety little golf, all of it
rotten. And I puff like a gram-
pus when I swim. And my pilek.,
are acting up. And Summer is
on the wane.
However, all is not lost. The
hedge is clipped and the lawn
mowed. The sky is blue and the
sun beats down on my beady
forehead and 1 sit at the pic-
nic table v‘vriting my column.
My elms are still sound, MY
washing is cm. the line, whiter
than white. My daughter wasn't
killed in that crash, My -wife is
charging around like a gazelle,
after tin gyration which every-
one told her it Would take born
she months to It year to get
over. My banker htlan't got
• around to calling, And my bur-
kitis is temporarily quiescent.
So what if summer Is on the
wene? Summer is for babies
and bumblebees and baseball
players -end birds. It's merely
demoralizing for us lovers of.
the spartan life, the hard work,
the regular hours.
Tomorrow I'm going to beat
my brother-in-law at . golf for
the first time in twenty years.
And the day after, we're going
sailing with a chap who tips
over every time he's out. This
time, he won't tip.
And tonight we'll have a bar-
bedue and the kids and the dog
will romp and get in and o4
of trouble and we'll all bed
down on the livink room floor,
to avoid distrimination. It's -ei-
ther that or I sleep with the
dog.
Come to think of it I'm one
of the lucky ones. Think of the
farmers, slogging it out in the
sun eighteen hours a day, and
worrying, worrying about the ,
leek of rain or the excess of it.
Think of the feetory workers
dripping with sweat in one of
those medieval plants. Think of
the resort- owner with a hig
mortgage who has justbeen
through two Weeks .of cold, wet
weather.
And think of all those poor
devils in the -concrete canyons
of our cities, mushing from one
air conditioned bar to another,
trying to retain their cool.
take It all be -6k. rbi having
a great summer. Just great.
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In the Years Agone
From The Huron Expositor
Sept. 24, 1943
Mr. and -Mrs. John Kaiser,
highly esteemed residents of
Hensall, celebrated their golden
wedding.- anniversary. Mr. Kais-
er was engaged in blacksmith-
ing in Brucefield for. many
years.
Lee Ira Graves, manager of
the Excellence Flour Mills, Ltd.,
Seaforth, has purchased through
the office of E. C. Chamberlain,
the property on Goderich St.
West, formerly occupied by Miss
Elizabeth Hargan.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Whitney
of Mitchell were 'given a real
surprise party when Called to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.- G.
King, where the members of the
bridge club had gathered to
wish them happiness in their
new hoine. They were present-
ed with a pair of crystal bed
room lamps. ,
Miss Zetta Dunlop, nurse in
training at Kitchener -Waterloo
Hospital, is taking a three
months course at the Sick Chil-
dren's Hospital in Toronto. -
The marriage of Dorothy Joan
Greenwood of Montreal and P.O.
Harold 0. Free, took place in
Trinity. Memorial Church, Mont-
real.
The 49th anniversary of the
church in Rillsgreen was a
cessful one.
• Mrs. Docherty of Ethel and
her uncle, Chas. Williams of
Sa»ltSte. Marie, called on
Constance friends. It is 60 years
since Mr. Williams was here.
His father conducted a .carriage
-shop in the village at one time.
From The Huron Expositor
Sept. 20, 1918
The last regular meeting of .
the Children's Aid Society for
the County of Huron was spec-
ially interesting because of the.
consideration of furnishings and
occupying the new -shelter pur-
chased by the County Council
a few weeks ago°. _
The garden party on the lawn
Dublin, 'was a success. The hon -
was a splendicksuccess. The hon-
or of selling the largest num-
ber of tickets fell to Miss Mc-
Connell, Miss. Eckert coming
second and Miss Burke third.
W. G. Wellington Fee of Zur-
ich has sold his fine 100 acre
farm on •the Goshen Line near
Zurich to Chris' Schrag of Stan-
ley Township.. The purchase
prio is $10,000.
Johnston of Londesboro
has sold his Oveshing outfit to
a syndicate of fourteen farmers
on the 10th Concession.
R. Brownlee Of Bippen, had
the Misfortune last week to
have his driving horse killed by
the train.
Messrs. Cook Bros. of- HenSall
have installed hydro power in
their flour
Nine yontig gIr1 Misses Jean
and 1Viergaret Stewart, Donna
and Ina Layton, Violet and Kath-
ieeri liankin, Mary Hays, Gene-
vive James and Irene Patterson,
gave a Red„ Cross tea in E.
, Stephen's 'store on , Main St.,
from which the realized $61.16.
The neighbors and friends of
Wallace Powell gathered at his,
home in Harpurhey and present-
ed him with a wrist watet, prior
to• his leaving for London Mili-
tary camp. -
()Wing to other business and
the seeicity of competent farm
help, I. J. Merner MP, has dis-
posed of his farm south, of Eg-
mondville to Casper Wainer of
Hay Township.
The Robert Bell Engine end
Thfesher Co, Ltd., exhibited
three Waterloo Boy Tractors
awl ten threshers. at Toronto
Exhibition,
William Davidson, veteran
county clerk of Perth, celebrat-
ed, his 85th birthday arid is en-
joying good health. Ile came to
Canada from Ireland in 1845
and settled in Fullerton. A
brother Mr. Alex Davidson of
Seaforth will be 87 in October.
Mrs. Henry Chesney of town
has received word that her son,
Pte. Hector D. Chesney had been
wounded in the right shoulder.
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• From The Huron Expositor
Sept. 22, 1893
The trustees of school section
No. 8 Hullett, .have engaged
John McFadzen, They have also -
re -engaged Miss McLaughlin at
a small increase in salary.
The country seems to be
swarming with tramps who are
more or less stealing from
houses and stores. John Hall's,
store at Dashwood was broken
into and two suits of clothes and
some jewellery stolen.
The barns of Mrs. F. Caee, east
of Seaforth were struck by
lightning and burned to the
ground. The barns were filled
with hay and contained about
500 bushels of threshed peas.
About the same time the barns
of John' Wingle in McKillop
were struck by lightning and
destroyed.
Our citizens„ were deeply
grieved to learn- of the death of
Robert Jamieson, orie of the
leading businessmen in Seaforth
and proprietor et the Golden
Lion .Store.
John Rose, station master at
Brucefield, sold ten tickets to
the world's Fair. Among those
who went from this vicinity
were Messrs. James Swan,. Wi1-1
liam and John Murdock, Hugh
McGregor and Robert Ross,
A large number of Reformers
and Conservatives of Leadbury,
Who went to hear Mr. Laurier
at -Mitchell, intend going to hear
Sir John Thompson and his col-
leagues at Clinton. ,
Erwin Brothers of .Bayfield
have opened an 'undertaking
business in Alfred Erin's store
on Main St. They purpose add-
ing a stock' of household furni-
ture as well.
M. Jackson, grocer, has pur-
chased from R. Carmichael,- 21
feet of land, next to. Mullett and
Jackson's Hardware - store, for
the sum of $400. He intends to
erect a handsome brick store
and expects to be in his new
premises before Christmas.
Lis:VreeJ a'rd Next
—ly Ray ° Argyle
CANADA MUST • HAIRY
nen the Economie COUneils'
of Canada told the natien that
four million Canadians live at
the poverty line, all political
parties were quick to declare
their support for a new war On
poverty. But the question re-
main What is really going
to be done?
The Council, in its fifth an-
nual review, zeroed in on liv-
ing conditions among the 'na-
tion's 111921) than four million
poor, declaring them to be 2
"national disgrace:"
But despite the failure of
past attempts. to alleviate pov-
erty in Canada; Council chair-
man Arthur R. ?Smith says it
On be done — "in a decade or
so," .
The Council, an unofficial
body which .can do no more
than advise the. Government,
put the stamp of "poor" on any
,person or family who must
spend More then 70 percent of
their, iacome on food, clothing
and shelter.
By this reckoning, the pover-
ty group includes single per-
sons with incomes less than
$1,500, families of two with
less than $2,500 and families
of three, four or five or .more
with less than $3,000, $3,500 and—
$4,000, respectively. This totals,
according to Council figures, to
27 'percent of the entire non-
farm population of Canada.
The Council has widely re-
minded Canadians that in an
era of affluence for the, majori-
ty, poverty can past hidden
and unnoticed. It is not closely
identified with race, as is the
case in the United States, ,aod
thus clearly visible to all Nor
is it confined to the co -called
economically depressed areas
of Canada, or the Maritimes. It
is all over.
The two majorl'easons have
to be a lack of job opportunity
and 2 lack of job skills. •
(The threadbare and time-
worn argument that people are
poor because they are lazy has
been disproven so many times
' that it should be no longer
necessary to knock it down.
The Council says the average
income of the one out of five
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With a defined
audience
poor families of Canada was
4263 in 1965. 1ost provinces
offer Mom than that in wel.
fare --- 4400 In Ontario --
yet the vast, majority of poor
continue to struggle for self,
support rather than go on we!.
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Joh opportunities remain at
a premium to many Canadians
because too many industries
are geared to low productivity.
and hence low pay,. These in-
clude many emp1oy4is in the
clothing industry, woollen mills,
and tanneries,' wood industries
such as box factories and mills, -
and the service industry such
as hotels, lavidries•and te.rapor-
ary employment agencies.
' It is in these industries that
a start ca.11 be pade by drasti-
cally revising the minimum
wage laws, whigh 'hint do, not
exceed $1.26 but should: be
higher.
The peer lack Job , skills
which they can barter for. high
".e
Canada's educaion standards
are shocllingly low. The aver-
age for the nation ik'Grade 8.
Higher education enhances a
worker's ability to absorb job
skills and to inerease his pro-
ductivity.
An American University stu-
dy showed that in 1966, only
22 and one-half percent of our
population aged 20 to 24, was
in school or university. For the
United States, the figure was
43 percent. For Britain, it was
seven percent, which explains
why things are so bad in that
country.
Another U.S. study, this one
from the Hudson Institute,
picks Canada as one of four
countries (along with the U.S.,
Sweden and Japan) which by
2,000 will reach the stage of
the post-industrial society — a
society with average annual In-
come of $4;000 PER PERSON.
Canada obviously has a lot
of catching up to do. It is
going to cost money to do so.
And unless the affluent help
the poor to a better tomorrow,
the social explosion which is
now rocking the United States
will hit Canada, with results
just as violent,
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