Ontario Community Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), December 3, 1958, p. 13

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53 renray drive a is one of thirteen a town council theres been a whale of an argu meat going oto in one of the daily papers som old trout wrote in and declared that teaching french in ontario schools was a lot of nonsense immediately the battle was on and the letters to the edi tor poured in all those with lib eral pretensions attacked him vig orously as a reactionary a bigot and generally a misguided clot but the old boy got plenty of sup port from people who felt as he did as usual there is a lot to be said lor both aide ir no news to ed- ucattona pooplo that the present system of teaching french is un likely to turn hordes of bilingual grade tmrteantrs loose in the world but ifs the only system theyve got ifs something like deplorable system but bettor than any alternative in sight except of course for the one i am about to offer whenever jhis question arises noble sentiments dire warnings am sheer snobbery pour from a small but voluble group they de clare roundly that it is our duty to learn to speak french if we are to do our part in welding this great country of ours into single nation etc etc they hint that the ability to speak two lang uages automatically makes the sub ject a cultured person needless to say people who taot like this need psychological help they are as a role p who have endured a long painful end fruitless relationship with french langu they have stu nted it in high sc they hove hy and thrilled to the ibnpm beau- ty of the french rommihc poets in herniation of course ami they con neither speak french nor un it that s why theyre the same ordeal these people ere invariably en glish speaking canadians french- speaking canadians wih agree that everybody should learn french out they themselves couldn t care less about learning to speak eng lish unless of course it s for a sensible reason like business or politics when they do learn h they make a lob of it ea witness laurler le- st laurent i tub orroftoatrowrm htmald r dec fed itst 87 deer moose bear are tallied by local hunters all with a jangling of nerves the shattering effect of hearing prime minister dtefenbaker addressing the f spooking elector af ter the last election hone john made an honest effort but had i maccormacks always features gifts which will please every memb er of the family this year weve made an even greater effort to find the gift you want at the prices you want to pay here are only a few suggestions that will piease you n wwi see our great array dubarry yardley helena rubinstein con many famous names to tempt you gifts from 25c to 25 i your headquarters for the newest i writing sensation i l watermans cf fountain pen it uses cartridge inh pens from 4 50 to 15 00 we carry a wide range of i parker pens pencils the ever popular parker 21 and the ultimate in pen craftsmanship the parker 51 ssslfe john elliott station agent for canadian na tional railways john elliott 48 hewson crest seeks a second term as a georgetown councillor he has served this year as chair man of police and lights these qrfts dick with camera fans just arrived a brand now stock in hi latest cantons and equipment in various price ranges come in and see them now everyone can injo imimiirttsttiii full colo pictukes that come to life in three dimensions viewmasters 2 95 reels 50c each reel packets 1 50 each over 500 different reeis to choose cicciwc cartoons fairy tales western cowboys scenic christmas story s rudolph the red nosed reindeer i shaving accessories jj taroiet seafortrl old smce untheric excellent gifts for him electric razors shavemaste philishave schick eai v neilsons by carlton smiles n chuckles c nzmrj wumtss exquisite perfumes from geneva paris england i been a frenchcanadian even a conservative one i should have red the country immediately af ter the broadcast however wc drift is there an point in teaching our children to speak french in some cases yes i remember one occasion i could have used some it wajn a city in france i had met this vivacious blackeyed doll in a let s face it bar i was strictly a ia pi unit dc ma tante ct dans k joup aux pois tjpe french speak cr but 1 could understand it pre t well anyway the rolled those eyes at me after a while kept saying something about a party and pul led at my arm needless to say she only had to give it one small twist and off we went the trams weren t running i swear i walked that girl four miles through the blackout and only the thought of the parry kept me going we arrived she pulled out her key opened the door turned to me took my hand gave firm shake muttered merci bon soir or something and vanished into a greet stone building it wasn t un til halfway on the long it welk home that i realized the pertee she d been talking about was some part of the french verb parti r meaning to set off take off or walk me home or some thing like that since then i vc confined mj rrtnch translating to figuring out 1 what it savs on the wrong side of the branflakcs box souffrcz vous d irregularitc i on the good old other hand there is a vast portion of our eng lishspeaking youth to whom the teaching of french is a sheer waste of time they may be bril liant in other lines but they hav no aptitude for languages they are not interested and they will never get far pest the parley voc f the dingdong stage i j so uli in las rirat cnaur l hat those taching fren h spia j i t with reasonable fllucnc mos pi if l turn are well grounded u f inch grammar and composition but can barek distinguish betwecr a bidet and a bistro when the aunch into the spoken tongue this could be solved by giving hem an intensive course say sii months in which they lived with french people spoke nothing but french and learned to think n trench make it attractive to po tcntial teachers b offering a fa bonus if the j pass a tough verbal test second screen our kids at about age ten select those with a good ear an aptitude for languages and ready intelligence give them dlenty of oral and written french instruction from those well train d teachers above presto at age 15 theyll not only be able to pro duce the past pluperfect subjun ive of faire without turning hair theyll be able to write amoral novels like frencoise seg- and or plead their case with busty gals like brlgltte bardot doesnt the prospect get you all fired up about my plan eighty seven deer four moose and a bear fell victims to hunting parties from the georgetown dis irict during the hunter migration n whcn ended last week even though they fell short of their count a party of 28 hunter rom brampton octwood the us nd two georgetown men lloyd nd and crichton reported the nost success hunting in the mag netawan district they bagged only 27 deer jack crichton of umehouse and a large party from hamilton chi cago bracebridge and huntsville hunted the bush around the pine lake area and took 11 also reporting 11 tallies was a party of hunters from streetsville brampton orangeville and a nor val hunter harold smelhe they combed the woods north of king ston to get their count tom peavoy was with a party of eleven from alton and orangeville which downed six deer on manitou- lin island a larger party from lown art scott murt allison don wingrove nels robinson russ kel elwood carney dune robinson bill ritchie vrn archer don bar ragtr bob lane his brother arl f toronto and and xftrj of hill urh a i b uhl x home from hi lsl mt th is onl the nd ir thc failed to g t their ount a the mrnottan ara was also od to jjjrold b nnell and a nrtt f i ui ar a uhofcba 1 mir full count of seven xharhe ibbs as ih i part from the prueeda district who counted 4 their ta i an 1 walter thomp n carmm t pi ind and huncr oil sntjroc bramptin pal ae and bolton took three deer rom the ul n diatr a nea hunuwl c in aim ist hi- a mo ara but do tr to skel ton lake gerr in iis frd martin and a niagara fall resident ba ed two sle four ill to an ei ht man pa tv from r n in 1 orv ranr of towp in the smok lake district the ttter pi a o added a moos to their count the three other moose and thre deer were taken b the ballinafad nun cub co uprising sam snov nfus mceachern al saunders reg t en th dick shortill jr ita and vic s wnrtlehurt hunting m ai mar n r cr south or pa r s und a pari of ten comprising bob ouenn th ec brail p on m n and six m n from parr sound ook two ruen i jn dm hancock don schtnk hud are rn wig sins and bob heaton and a part imbing the hunt ville di trie i hi d two d er to the count and the onh bear one deer wi brought down by doug cook hun tins with ha a and district m n near the gibson reserve s chanel no s crepe satin cotts st see the ida newspaper ads for your christmas gift selections i a maccormacks i i i main street georgetown ili3692 j via- drug store notice to creditors in the estate of hector camp bell guthrie security guard all persons having claims ag ainst the estate of hector camp bell guthrie late of the city of toronto in the county of york security jjuard whq died on or about the fifth day of october ad 1858 are hereby notified tr send particulars of same to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of december 1858 after which date the estate will be distribut ed with regard only to the claim of which the undersigned shall then have notice and the under signed will not bo liable to am person of whose claim he shall not then have notice dated at georgetown this kpt day of october 1958 douglas t guthrie executor of tbe estate of hector camp bell guthrie by his solicitors hewson ord heison georgetown ont 12 10 bob hamilton and hla father of laurel joined two men from w shago and bracebridge to hunt the current creek district but re turned empty handed others re porting no luck were bui garb- utt who with a party of eight hunted the markstay bush near sudbury george burt bob mc- master bob jepson harold camp bel fred foste and jack harlow who searched mautoulin bland in vain and afr and mrs bui belleghem who with her brother and sisterie law scoured the- elmsdale district near kearney for four days with no success nu fashion beauty salon tr 73911 mam and mill streets glen taxi 3cabv3 radio equipped reliable drivers tr 72432 maveal motor sales ltd ttungra 73611

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