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And that project which supplemented anytime, any pl . : ; ' , any place or any a» editor from its readers, however, all letters Would it have had more is precisely how indifferent ! the come. way? received must be signed by the writer-and include worth? 1 think, instead of (and other parents like Me) Rev. Les Shiel, represent- address and phone number to be considered for | blaming parents, they should to my children's othe Regions Beyond Mis- R publication. Any letter we receive "unsigned" will Jk at the kinds of things Slvives, sionary Union, told of his Wedd ing not be published. We would encourage: those yao 2 fering the boys. L ours truly, family's life and work in the . . writers submitting letters to use their name, but it an Oy dar tha. Matilda Tolpuddle jungles of Peru, and he Invitations will be withheld upon request, and a pen name rom or the P.R. is poor. strongly urged people to TEE a7 bh may be used. The STAR reserves the right fo edit | When have finished this, Wiis ang vray ion Jude eat he all letters received and to withhold any that-do not am going to my bedroom to Speeding around curves A snaans stiered Part Per ry Star -appear fo be in the best interest of the community. pout, for my children are makes beautiful wreck- Rev. Joe McDonald Fe 985.7383 > obviously not interested in tangles. ed us of how God is working i [] ° ° 65 Bill Smiley That Sinking Feeling ' hav This is a time of year when a lot of school y a from which they have a far better chance of of pills. Why not run away from realit by wit KP teachers get a sinking feeling. a seal. It just doesn't stick. emerging ey ed than do those poor emulating them. y y . £ All year they have been laboring in the Thus, when they should be looking for- -devils who try to teach them. It's a world in which the daily papers are VIR fairly barren vineyards of their students, . Ward with anticipation to end of term and They know that in our enlightened society, full of examples of corruption in high places. sustained by the knowledge that there is still ~~ summer vacation, many teachers find "failure" is a dirty word, and that everyone ~~ A senator here, a president there, has time to produce a green shoot or two, and themselves instead in a veritable Slough of (0 the Minister of Education, through the ~~ helped himself. So what's wrong with maybe even enough grapes to make some Despond. , . lief i school board, down to their classroom cheating, as long as you aren't caught? kind of brew. It is the students' perennial belief in teacher, will do back flips trying to avoid It's a world in which the best and bravest Suddenly, there are only 16 teaching days miracles that puts the teachers onto anti- pinning such a label on them, are often bullied by the brutal and belliger- left, and there is the dreadful realization ~ depressant pills about now. Many students know perfectly well that ent. So why not give the teachers a hard that they have exhausted all their skills, and Aside from school work, adolescents are they can goof around most of the year, play time? "They can't do nothin' to ya, anyhow, > thatit had about as much effect on Susieand ~~ not dumb. They are quite aware that truant, miss assignments, be late with 'ceptsenja home. So what? Write a note and Joe as would a bucket of water poured over education these days is a sociological jungle essays, and _ nothing very terrible will sign your old man's name." -- EE ------ =a -- happen to them.' Not a very pretty picture? You're right, 2 2. In fact, if they go around looking serious gentle reader. But this is not an indictment emember and sincere for the last few weeks, and doa of students. It's a cry of shame for the little work, there's every chance that they society we're handing on to them. \Rlie ' will scrape or scramble through, only to Let's restore "failure" to our vocabulary. Y Wh en «> repeat the whole process the next year. Let's restore '"'excellence", another world Ws LE Born and raised in a society where itis no that's been dropped. Let's show the kids Lat aR shame to accept charity, because it's now that apathy is ugly, that reason is superior 5¢ YEARS AGO : dignified as welfare, where unemployment to violence, that love and sex are not Thursday, May 26, 1926 grave on Sunday. They New York, sponsored by insurance is a cosy cushion against adver- synonymous, that compassion and courage 9 Mr. Grant Rundle left were Sylvia Wanamaker, the young people of the sity, where their aged parents will be looked far outweigh cruelty and cowardice. this week to take up Donald and Janet Moase. Bay of Quinte. after by the state, where the work ethic is I'm sorry for them, and what we have mission duties in Alberta. : scorned, where the semi-literate hockey shown them. But Idon't despair. Let's show The Port Perry Busi- 15 YEARS AGO 10 YEARS AGO player or pop star is not only idolized but them it's a beautiful world, and that they are ness Men came to an Thursday, May 25, 1961 Thursday, May 26, 1966 rich, the kids are not going to get their shirts beautiful and that they are needed to make agreement to keep the Taking charge. of the Mr. Jim Read, gradu- in a knot ovér something as apparently it more beautiful. Then watch them g0. stores open only two even- Men's Club Lawn Bowling + ated from the University irrelevant as doing well at school. : ings a week, Tuesdays this season is Bruce of Guelph with a Bachelor "And let's not blame them too much. Let's The Argyle Syndicate Ltd. and Saturdays. Beare, vice-president of of Science in Agriculture. take a look at the world we're passing on to Mr. Art Dowson won the ky who will be Club Annréne, owned them. first on his bay pony, arranging all tourna- by Phil Goreski, had its It's a world strangling-drowning in its own (p ¢ "Diamond", at the ments. * official opening this week. | poisons, created by the greed -of past PORT PERRY STAR Uxbridge Fair. The Ontario Agricul- . The Right Reverend G. | generations. The kids see the greed and the ompany Limited tural College in Guelph M. Snell, Bishop of poisoning going right on. Small wonder they © Prone msn Sa, 25 YEARS AGO played host to Grades 10 Toronto confirmed 11 teen are a little cynical about some of the virtues (Q CNA i (0m) : Thursday, May 24, 1951 and 11 of Port Perry High ~~ members at the Anglican such as unselfishness and the golden rule. ---c A heavy loss to the School along with their Church. It's a world in which the rip-off is Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Morrow Building and the teachers Miss Parker and Forty-four Port Perry admired, on the whole. They see unions Cartwright Townships Lakeshore Knitting Mills Mr. Buckner. Guides and their leaders ripping off management, management rip- $-2RTSR \VIDSTEN, resulted when fire swept Robert Carnegie, son of left Saturday morning for ping off the consumer, everybody trying to Advertising Manager dren there, in uniform (at __extra cost to the family, for ities because I am not inter- | in Guides. .or 4H for - seed ides 07 4-90 * undertaken for their own parents turned up to a parade! -Activities should be earlier so I can be on time, they do the dishes, go to bed on time, never burn the Baptist Foreign Mission" Board was represented by Rev. and Mrs. Don Whiteside | " Dear Sir, Guide uniforms can only, Myself and they bore me to me. When I go curling, do each meeting of their Annual Port Perry Baptist Church (f/f rg On hello, it is "Kick the really, be worn to Guide death. If I were interested I Mey even stand behind the Missionary Conference, held choir sang a Missionary Can- Eo } Parents" time again. In a activities;, on time, every Would join Guides or a. /glassand applaud my shots? April 28th - May 2nd, 1976. tata by Eugene Clark, "The . /(/} recent issue in the "Star", Wednesday and who waits up similar organization for my The last time I took an - Missionaries from home and ~~ Greatest Story Yet Untold". the parents are being casti- to 30 minutes for the Guide Wn satisfaction: I think the evening course, did they abroad told of their work in Many were touched by (his gated for not taking enough . evening to end to get them OMY people who complain come along and approve the reaching others with the wonderful piece of music. interest in their children's ~ home again? Who curtail's = are theleaders of the various way I conducted myself in Good News that Jesus Christ ~The theme speaker, Dr. W. organizations, ~ their 'weekends once in a 8roUPS, Who, possible, feel class? is the Saviour of the World. H. McBain, Canadian Direc- Ihave two daughters inter-, while so they can get their =the need for public applause ~~ When I went to a dance, Mr. and Mrs. Clint tor of the Fellowship Baptist "ested in Guides and 4H. girls to camp and back again Of some kind. Guides and 4H did they sit on the sidelines Newman of the Africa Evan- Foreign Mission Board, chal- What I would like to know is (with regulation equipment' are flourishing...they could and applaud the neat way I gejical Fellowship spoke and lenged all from the confer- this: if the parents are not again). hardly squeeze another girl danced, the cool way Tdown- gp; wved slides of their radio ence theme - "What in the « very interested in their child- * Iknow and accept the fact, IM there are so many. The ed my drinks, the creative work and children's meet- World are we Doing?". He ren's activities, who were all that, two evenings a week girls are enthusiastic and ey I flirted with three men ings in beautiful Swaziland, told of the relief which had those people who managed to are shot for me because, on - loyal... why. is that not all at once? __ : "Africa. The African curios been sent to Guatemala, and -- get up in the middle of the their evenings, I am a ©nough? Whyshouldparents = When I play bridge, do on display intrigued all how Baptist Missionaries night to get their daughter's chauffeur. . When the have to turn up and make they even solemnly watch present. have been able to help many fed and dressed and to the Parent's Association is Nappy noises to prove that and later assure me that Rev. and Mrs. John Fran- in physical need, but while Scout Hall for 4:30 Friday - catering to a banquet, I give = they are behind the girls? Syeryone trumps his part- (ic elated how Christ is this is important, there is a morning and who turned up food or time to help them. I The boysorganizations are ners wu changing lives in Chiboug- much more pressing need of - again at 11:30" .the same do not go to meetings and Plaming Co for their Never! All those indiffer- amau, Quebec. the world, and that is to know night? Who gets their chil- other Guide and 4-H activ- decline. Too bad, only three ent kids do is eat an hour The work of the Fellowship Christ's peace in our hearts and life. Many responded to the questions he posed - Do you know Christ's plan for through the building. Seven tractors were removed from the build- This reduced the loss con- siderable. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kyte moved into their new home in Blackstock. Three children received ing by Gordon Morrow. {Christian Baptism at Sea: Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Carnegie received his B.A. degree at Queen's University, Kingston. He will return in the fall to complete his Honour Degree in Physical and Health Education. 'Mrs. Phyllis Sinclair of Blackstock, spent the ~ weekend on a bus trip to Quinte Conference in Niagara Falls. They stop- ped at the Botanical Gar- dens in Hamilton, viewed the Falls, toured the Wax Museum and Brock's monument. Rev. P. Romeril and Mr. Earl Dorrell of Black- stock attended the Bay of Kingston, rip off the government. So why not rip off the school system? It's the biggest sucker of all. It's a world in which the media pander to the bizarre and violent. The hijacker, the terrorist are overnight sensations. Is it naive to suggest that these are responsible, to some extent, for the bomb warnings, and the incradible vandalism in our schools? -- It's a world of drugs. The old man has his drinks every night and gets smashed on the weekend. The old lady has 18 different kinds John Gast, Editor Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. LM, Port Perry, Ontario Authorized 'as second class mail by fhe Post Office Departmen), Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0368 Subscription Rate: In Canada $8.00 per year Elsewhere $10.00 per year. Single copy Mc