Ontario Community Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), February 4, 1970, p. 15

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Horse The Press Wednesday February 1970 B7 Rockwood bowling RUINS OF THE Rover cabin at Spirit Valley farm destroyed the cabin on the Old Indian Trail near Eden Mills were still morning Staff Photo smoking over the weekend Fire completely News and views Running shoes a watch set ten minutes ahead of time and a sense of humor should be listed as compulsory equipment required for parents planning to attend the Parents Night offered by the local high schools at which time parents arc invited to meet up with the pedagogues responsible for their childrens learning achievements Now there is usually some crafty undercurrent on one of these evenings Its a patter play where the children have already lined up an image of the teachers lo be seen the teacher has for months her own preconceived idea of all the actual design for such programs little Johnnies parents whom is constructive but usually most interview and both parents and teachers want to cither dissuade or further enhance any such preconceptions depending on whether they are complimentary or not The situation is usually slightly more harassing for the poor teachers of course because its difficult to conjure the memory of one particular child and his problems and discuss them factually with some three or four hundred parents as they have eventually become swallowed up in the It Is especially grim for the teacher if the parent tends to sit on the edge of the seat and move closer by degrees chortling confidently when she is about to learn that her offspring is a dolt who will not make it to the next grade if he doesnt work harder Tell me all about him says the idolizing parent but a seasoned teacher knows what shes saying is Unless its sparkling thing good dont say rainbow it interviews end up minute rehash of already established problems with enough tunc to discuss how best to handle them properly Teachers do discover parents of course find out sometimes that all of Johnnie problems are not always his own parents find it fascinating see children in another light and to also learn he is more outgoing when away from home There are great rewards from many teachers and some less flattering others deflations and inflations arc the order of the few interview hours and parents rediscover that the new crop of teachers is much younger than when they went to school but back to the old thing What constructively can be done to get your son or to apply himself if he is not so Is education Hit great big the cud ol the up to be Me Im just a parent intent in the hope that our kids will be good citizens for the future coming into their own without any hangups Meantime it was with mixed emotion that in lugh schools recently time after time we were greeted joyously by chemistry physics and mathematics rubbing their hands with pleasure at our arrival remembering our names from last year Flattered Sort of until always at the end of the interviews with doors thrown open to some patiently waiting other to hear the booming proclamation that Seeing you people is always delightful After all only the parents arrived whose children did not present any problems welt then this parent interviewing would be wasted wouldnt it Ah well we will become re some 12 mouths hence and it is always hopeful that the scene will be changing ESQUESING BRIEFS At their regular meeting Monday night Council Received a letter from the Georgetown Naturalists Club complimenting them on the curtailment of the use of herbtudes in the township anything at all Deadlock And or have we mentally just nude it one in which case parent ide teacher sit across from each other twiddling their thumbs in an effort to put in lie remaining three minutes tit the interview The running shoe idea is a great one because the highly polished floors our modern schools do not allow lor speeding maters and paters flying around corners from class to class on leather heels without calamitous results Actually no one wants to run around at these events but it is the only hope of completing an schedule ol interviews Always it scents that there is a little miniskirted blond secretary sitting out arranging and introducing each parent lo teacher sometimes forgetting follow the tune allotment program and thus crosses up some five dozen parents lor the remainder the evening and usually the one teacher you should not miss is the one next on the list Incidentally any parent knows to keep a weather eve tor teachers names who have not been suggested as interview material by the home front as ihc are usually the ones with the true facts You know the Waterloo types from whom you will discover why your brilliant prodigy is not the Class prcpresentativc Well whatever will be said about these patent teacher interview night they have been set up to establish some sort of communication between the schools and the homes to help the child and they should theoretically be an excellent way of correlating educational problems However with little eager beavers knocking the doors down the first half minute of the nittygritty pari of the discussion whilst large patent heads look over the transom to see who is taking up their scheduled place there never seems to be enough time to accomplish anytlung to make one actually feel that such evenings are worth while This is too bad because the Isnt it enough to have kids who just being alive during the one short period ol their lives when they have no major responsibilities or do we have to continually be trying to produce the student element in all them Who knows the answers The teachers don because they arc asking us The parents can produce an answer and they arc asking educators The educators becoming more perplexed and i it straight themselves and asking them what s wrong Passed a by iw to lor expenditures on roads tor the year in the amount Passed a by law to provide lor supplementary road expenditures lor the year 170 in the amount of SHI HI A premature cm he turned to your advantage the Heart I says It to he careful he attack risk factors that von can control with your doctor help diet overweight smoking and high blood pressure A S SMALL ENGINE SERVICE QUEEN ST ACTON CORNER QUEEN CHURCHILL REPAIRS TO SNOWMOBILES CHAIN SAWS GARDEN TRACTORS LAWN MOWERS OUTBOARD MOTORS SNOW BLOWERS Open evenings 7 PM to and all day Saturdays EVENING 8530380 triune before pm 8532713 GET THE JOB DONE AND DONE RIGHT howdy folks on it is great back agin yew varmints wots been as tmy whar tins past few weeks jest plumb took off with a meanderm filly frend ominc wots so great about the hot country daown in Flondy wot we kept so much about I reckon yew mites well know my point of view oranges is wut they grow the best of orange is jest about the color of every dad blasted human critter daown there Accord in the authority fellows wot I hurd tawkin them luslius fruits wot I kept seem on all them trees variety products cause sunkist oranges an lemons and grapefruits is in Los Angeles But anyways it is fun know that done some travcllin else beside the old trottin track with notlun behind yew but a wagon Cot back just in time to latch on newest events of the year around these parts Great wuznt home two shakes lambs tail when J go if its a gewd idea all back hyar wot with all them falootin motorized dnvm up an It even safe fcr these parts let alone horses Saw one pore ole lady up ihestrect an it wu all she could do to mantpulatc her two legs let alone watch out fcr them dad blasted infernal machines Humans shure is a queer lot cause frum my way itd a whole lot easier t just buy a gun On back it were to realize that gonna soon have its own water supply down the main rood an its too the kids away on the ice rink in the park but I was tawkin upon village news an he tells me that all the pore little gaffers still have on snow banks that boots cause they cant get into no heated quarters them Aint it a gasser when stops to reckon that it at least a yar ago when them recreation varmints wuz this an they gonna do about it then Reckon they gone fcr a rest instead and seed things in better A gewd thought thday could be thet groundhog critter wot gels his every February didnt see his shadow this yar and those smart decks wot claim cause he didnt see his shadow were gonna be in fcr an early spring shewda walked around with me cause all holes arc covered up an fulla snow they couldnt get out nohow Bye now Pretty Fair The points setting them up in an invincible position as No I team in the Bowling league and he present standings arc as follows Strattons Queen of Carneys Nortons Elmers Alley Cats Whitewashes 57 The Neighbours 57 Four Corners Untouchables S3 Last weeks games showed Elmers Alley Cats overpowering the Four Corners with a 7 to score and Helen was the shining light on the Alley Cats with her made a to 3 Victory over the Neighbors with Vic Willms score showing only a slight edge over Dune Melliedrans lor the Neighbors Dave Bacon also tallied up a score lost out with only three points against four whose great strength of he evenings performances came from Dick with 775 Sam Nyhold and Shirley Salmon 627 out fashioned a neat 753 inn for the Carneys team with the help of May giving the Sports arc fust becoming the highlight of our school these days and last night the Rockwood Centennial girls and boys basketball teams cleaned up the schuol athletes with a two out of three win for the and a straight time game for the boys We were very pleased here when our three cheer leaders kept the excitement of the games alive with their antics Dale Hamilton Mary and Scott Ann Strong Another great event which our teams have going for them is the All Star Volleyball team of two years past and last years girls who come back to Centennial to participate in match games against our present grades and team The All Stars arc the team to ever flounce our present girls team Sometime this week they will be playing a match against the Centennial School teachers and soon a return game with our girls Parents and friends are invited to come to watch these matches and Mr Love says you may yetl for your team All the kids are congratulating Mary Ann Wad del I because she won the first place position in the public speaking concert for township this week at the auditorium She spoke on Atomic Warfare and on Thursday night at m she will be competing in the area two finals at College Avenue Puplic School Were all hoping that our parents will take us to watch Mary Ann because its quite an honor to sec someone from our own school compete H S HOLDEN orroMtniiST Cork St Eul TA CARPET SALE CELANESETRILAN CARPET 5 95 SHOP EARLY WHILE THE SELECTION IS GOOD It COLORS TO CHOOSE FROM CLEARING LINES ROLL ENDS OF CARPET oil retail price BUY WALLPAPER IN STOCK NOW Off DISCOUNT CENTRE LAKEVIEW Carneys team a to win against Nortons despite the Irene triple An Insurance man was teaching his wife to drive when the brakes failed going down a lull I cant stop it she cried I do Dont panic 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