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April 9th, 1959 TERRACE BAY NEWS Fage 7 -- £ YOUTH RALLY TREMENDOUS SuCcHSS The Seventh Annual Northwestern Biarioa Youth Conference, held at Ft,Arthur over the last. weekend, was the largest and most succe essful held tn date, Twenty-three local delegates. joined teenagers from White Hiver, | Marathon, Schreiber, Red * 'ock, Ft.Arthur, Ft,William, South Neebing, Geraldton, Atiko- kan, Dryden, Nipigon, Emo, Rainy River, Ft. Frances, Kenora and Winnipeg, a total of | nearly 500, in discussing problems facing | the modern teenager and attempting to come | up with solutions. Dr. Johnston of Pt.Arthur opened the first | discussion on Boy-Girl relations and expressed | dismay that the modern teenager is forced to | learn the facts of life "on the street corner" and from unqualified sources. He pointed | out that this is the reason forrthe moral | degeneration of the world today. Too many | people have little or no true knowledge of the | subject. and even what they do have is usually | wrong. In their discussion groups, the teen-. | agers expressed the crying need for qualified | people who are willing to give instruction on | physiology, reproduction, etc. They felt | Tae eneral Store ROSSPORT ONT. GET YOUR S.A. FIRE INJECTORS HERE Sees a also CANADIAN PROPANE GAS AGENT?! NOVELTIES ae SOUVENIRS SNACK BAR set GAS & OIL phone 83-w- i success in any phase of life. . The' over- powering sincerity of the Rev. Bob was felt by every young person in the hall, As many of the delegates said, "What he told us is not anything that you can talk. about or see, ; t : but it's something that gets you inside", that these are things that they should know i ' and that they prefer to have the true picture, not the type that they pick up from: casual ; conversation. As a result, they sent a reso- lution to Government, Medical, Church and Social leaders and organizations, requesting that a.committee be formed to investigate the possibilities of including the subject as -- a formal part .of the school curriculum, to be taught by qualified persons, The session on the "Teenager and Law", introduced by Inspector Scarnati of the Pt. | Arthur Police, also struck a responsive chord among the young people. The Inspector pointed out that the police are here, not to "get" any- one, but rather to help us all and to protect | us from lawbreakers. Often, as he said, the lawbreakers are ourselves and that the police "must. protect you against yourself". He | also pointed out the many ways in which the eis people of today can help the police to The tremendous response to Rev. Bob's talk left no doubt as to how the teenagers felt. Although the majority of time was spent on serious discussions, the young people did | have their moments of relaxation and certain-. ly made the most of them. The Variety ' Show on Thursday night presented a great i variety of numbers, all well done and tho- roughly enjoyed. Most popular of the night | seemed to be the number presented by the local group. The pantomime, featuring... David Wheeler, Jim Crawford, Wilf Gaune, Richard Jeanneret, Vince McInnes, Terry Hall and Don Farrow, brought the house down. |: *Our Tango team, Judy Thomas and David Lohr, | although they weren't winners, did extremely | well, staying in contention until the last cuts were made, Donna Brearley, our Teen i Queen, suffered a very unfortunate exper- | ience when, during her ballet number, the record began to jump, throwing her steps off ! completely, Donna showed terrific poise by continuing, trying to invent steps in time to the bouneing record. Definitely among } the leaders through the preliminary contests, her chances: suf fered greatly through this : mishap. When this many teenagers can get together, plan such a trémendous event as this confer- ence, now the largest of its kind in North America, and discuss so maturely the pro- blems which they must face and try to solve, the future of our country appears to be in good hands, The parents of these kids should be proud of them; and the parents of* our own delegates should be proudest of all, No | town was.better represented than Terrace Bay. | WOMEN OF THE MOOST MEET The Women of the Moose, Chapter 1426, held ' their enrolment ceremony for new members on ' Wednesday, April lst in the Moose Hall, Terr- | ace Bay. Sr.iegent M.Mantey brought the t 1 build a better society, not only by obeying ithe laws, but. by helping to "straighten out" those who need assistance. is he said, "The people that we want to help are not. those who are engaged in thése wholesome Teen Club acti- vities, but those who don't want to take part, You know these people; you go to school with them. Why not expand your programmes to help ° i them overcome their difficulties? As a result of these. challenges, the teen- agers agreed that it is their responsibility. | to help these people: and to do so, they came (up with varied ways of changing their -pro- grammes to try to get these people on the right track, i Highlight of the.conference was the session' jon "The Teenager and Society", introduced by jRev, Bob Richards, Olympic track star end rep- jresentative of the U.S, government on Youth Work, Beyond being one of the greatest ath- letes of our time, this amazing man is a true man of God and, as he portrayed the challenges jthat young people of today must face, he showed lhow faith and desire can overcome any obstacle, |For over an hour and a half the "Pole-vaulting A Parson" kept over 500 teenagers in a trance ese Se t as-he told of his many experiences and of how width the: died Lewin' inceibeie Sart ted pains fot, ! he has found that "desire" is the key--note of | Roger aegnys" HEC eam Eau, TEEaSErSy meeting to order and £,Burns read the corres-- | pondence and minutes, {