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The Oshawa Times, 13 Jul 1961, p. 8

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CHILD GUIDANCE TO LIVE I Pictured after their wed- ding recently at Christ Memo- rial Church are Mr. and Mrs. William Alexander Gilbert. The bride, the former Miss Mabel Ann Cleverdon, is the daughter of the Venerable By G. CLEVELAND MYERS Of considerable concern to many parents and to principals [of high schools is the growing l iInumber of marriages of stu- tk |dents while in high school. A mother writes from Texas: "We have two groups in our town taking sides on the ques- tion of high school marriages. "One group, the school board and those that go along with them, proceed to pass a ruling to prohibit such offenders' from taking part i» any of the privi- tivities. EXCLUDED FROM EXTRAS "The married boy and girl High School Marriages Generate Heated Debate leges called extra-curricular ac- think they will be able to cause the violently-in-love to consider the consequences and so cause them not to get married while in high school. But they do marry and those who count on scholarships in athletics to take them through college are unable to continue to make plans to go to college. | The other group takes the stand that such a ruling is and will prove to be more of a handicap than a help to educa-| tion. They want the board to| rescind their action on the rule. This group believes that the] rule will encourage secret mar-| riages and that it will bring out something worse, because youth | How Decorators Bring The Outdoors Indoors Bringing the outdoors indoorsibluestone, granite, sandstone is becoming a prime objective of| and marble are locally available contemporary decoration. flooring materials that are as A favorite way of creating an|beautiful as they are practical illusion of extra spaciousness is|and right for use both indoors to integrate the patio area and|and outdoors. the interior living room by using| Large expanses of picture win- natural stone flooring for both.|qows help dramatize the illusion Slate, flagstone, limestone,'that the living room also in- panels are also utilized by dec- orators. to make the interior patio seem an integral part of the living room. Contemporary decorators fa- vor the use of natural stone for the walks that lead to the patio and around the garden area. Swimming pool borders in matching natural stone help con- tribute to the air of extra spa- ciousness and also give unity to the landscape. cludes the patio or terrace, areas. French roors and sliding type of natural stone for garden interior walls of the home, but have these vertical uses of stone contrast with the type of stone used for flooring and walks. Creating patio and living room flooring in natural stone has be- come much easier for the do-it- yourself enthusiast. Modern stone is available in easy-to-han- dle modular shapes which elim- inate the back strain once in- Generally speaking, landscape architects choose a harmonizing walls, planters and exterior and |herent in stone-decorating proj- ects. Today, there are even kits with the stones numbered to make it easy for the home dec- orator to preduce an attractively patterned patio floor, for ex- ample, in double-quick time. Modern stone yards offer the home owner a wide spectrum of color from which to choose, the Building Stone Institute reports. It is possible to recreate almost any favorite color scheme in muted tones of natural stone. LADIES' A fine collection of silks, shantungs and sheers in BETTER DRESSES broken size range from 8 to 20. Regular to 39.95 Entire Group Reduced To , . » SALE BEGINS FRIDAY AT 9 AM. are excluded from any and all athletics, band, clubs, office work, library work and so on. They. can only participate in class room studies considered accredited and no more. "By this rule the authorities White Wash Requires Extra wants you to dare them to do] something. COPY RULE "Surely there is a modern so- | lution to a modern problem, and| this sort of rule seems out of date to me. All the schools are| copying this same rule because they want to think they are] doing something to stop the tide| of high school marriages. The rule is a farce in this way: | "We have promiscuous youths | Laundry Care {in school and they keep up their This season's street wear immoral behavior but no one| fashions are delightful studies in| knows just who they are, so the contrast and inconsistency. entire set is free and has no Knees and arms are exposed-- restrictions about not being able but hands primly gloved. {to take part in all the extra- |curricular activities. a 3 kL TORONTO ' Glove lengths vary, but even| lin this season of brilliant color, PARENTS FRIGHTENED H. D. Cleverdon and Mrs. (the white glove is the favorite.| wp, ante become frightened Cleverdon and the bridegroon | since gloves are so conspicu-| and put the task of disciplining is the son of Mr. and Mrs. ously a part of the costume, it|their child on the school board, | William Alexander Gilbert of |is fortunate that washable fab-/and the ones who you might say Toronto. {rics -- nylon or cotton -- arelare really in love and get mar- --Photo by Aldsworth |widely used for these accessor-|ried get the brunt and have to Photography |ies. And if one would be well-itake the penalties." MARY HAWORTH' |groomed, then a white glovel gq y wrote this mother, I can [that is snowy-white is a "must." | co that the usual ruling of the |This means, - of course, that / : ) | i h| School against marriages in gloves should go into the wash|p;op "cohoo) can net some hard- S MAIL Teen-Age Couple Involved In Distressing Dear Mary Haworth: My brother Mike, 18, was recently [basin after each wearing. |ships. On the other hand, it does social disaproval on | And the kind of washing given | centre {them regularly determines how high school marriage. Of course : : long the gloves will remain|parents should assume responsi- Si : |sparkling white. Hit - or - miss|hjlity Perhaps the PTA and 1tuation [casual dunking certainly won't\yarious community clubs might | keep Shem that way, Just ne exert some influence. Mike insists that adoption is little bit of extra treatment is ' out; that he doesn't or to all that is needed to do the trivk.] Peraepe oY reader Mrs. Jayn Potter Mrs. Eulalia Spence Thank You WOMEN OF OSHAWA Without you, the fashion-conscious women of Oshawa and district, we should never exist. We thank you for your continued patronage over the past year, helping us to achieve a most successful first year in business. As is our custom each year, we are now offering outstanding savings on ou? entire high-fashion stock. Enjoy the savings by helping us to celebrate our... One Rack of JONATHAN LOGAN DRESSES By Sun Valley, Regular to 25.00 HALF PRICE Entire Stock of SPORTSWEAR and RAINWEAR Bernard, Cowen and Trojan ONE-THIRD OFF ALL SUMMER SKIRTS Reg. to 10.95 , $5 graduated from high school and abandon Betty or his child, for has the opportunity to go to col-|he loves her. Yet, at their ages, lege. I have a high opinion of|they have really nothing to of him. I feel he is basically afer one another or the child, ex- good, wholesome individual, |cept a stigma. P.B. eager to do right for himself] Dear P.B.: It strikes me that, and others and capable of fundamentally, you are rather Sure fi amounting to something. more in need of spiritual/taken care of. After a five. He has been going steady-- straightening - out than either minute soak, the gloves Are that unfortunate practice of Mike or Betty. slipped on the pands an the teen-agers today--with a girl 16, When a basically decent lad, fingertips rubbed at the seams still in high school. They be. 18, wants to marry the girl who Where soil collects. came involved and her parents|is bearing his child, because he| Rinse out all soapy water and and his have just learned that/loves her and feels a fatherly dry away moisture with towels. she is pregnant duty to his child, he is already] By the way, white bras and Mike and Betty want to marry taking a man-sized stride to- slips and panties can be washed as soon as possible. But accord- wards maturity. along with the gloves, giving ing to their faith, marriage can| your theory that the good life|them, too, the benefit of the be terminated only by death. for Mike (or a chance at it) con- bleach bead treatment. And how long does teen-age love sists in easing away from| Another piece of feminine last? So often you read about Betty's pregnancy problem and|finery that must gleam with ab-| broken marriages among kids making believe it never hap-|solute cleanliness at all times is who claimed to be in love. When pened suggests that you have|the sheer white nylon scarf that does the reality of the situation no moral principles worthy of|is used to fill in the loose-fitting ADD BLEACH To a basin of warm, sudsy chlorine bleach in dry beads form and by so doing make that all the unseen dirt is hit them? What then? water, add a few sprinkles of| A more serious problem is the {write me or the editor of this newspaer. ENTIRE STOCK AT SIMILAR SAVINGS .., Jayn-Modde Dresses 77 King E. (Opposite Genoshe Hotel) 725-4561 |growing number of pregnancies {out of wedlock of high school |girls, and often from so-called {good homes, some of whom re- |turn to school after the baby's birth with general social accept- |ance. One author estimates that |from one-third to one-half of all girls who marry while in high {school are pregnant. | |PARENTS' QUESTIONS | Q. If you discovered you had {made an error in rebuking or punishing your child would you apologize? i | A. Thope I'd have the strength of character and moral courage & to do so. OUR ENTIRE STOCK REDUCED 209) to 509, I honestly feel that Betty should have the child at a home for unwed mothers distant from here and give the child up for adoption, through an agency, to a stable, happily married ma- ture couple. Then Mike and Betty should get themselves straightened out spiritually. But how do you convince them of this? And how per- suade the parents to prevent them from making another mis- take that would ruin their lives and that of the unborn child? 4694 SIZES 12-20 ONE-SIDED NEWS neckline of the modish suit or| coat. This scarf should be washed just like the gloves, so that every last trace of cream, powder and natural body oils is completely removed during the suds-bleach treatment. | the name. Your pitch is uncharitable, expedient, totally unmindful of God and without faith in the po- tential nobility of the human personality, which achieves greatness only at heroic expense to selfishness. DRY CAREFULLY | As a would-be mentor to Mike| The scarf should either be and Betty in the present crisis, dried to smoothness, or gone you fall into the category of over lightly with an iron at low "blind leading the blind," I/temperature think. If marriage is for keeps| It isn't just the washable in the faith they espouse, then parts of a wardrobe that need presumably they also believe in constant attention to add life __ (the immortality of the soul, in|and beauty. which case, they expect, 1 as. -------- sume, to be identified through- out eternity with their iin of to (the chaplain) who really ible choices here and now. helped me a lot. And what do you hope to gain, On Sunday, the day I was to for them on that score by in. See the baby for the last time, I ducing them, if vou can. to dis. really broke down. Mrs. (coun: trust their worth, ignore God's Sellor) called (the chaplain) for lgrace, sweep evidence of their, me and we had a very long | paternity under the rug and em.|heart-to-heart talk. He gave me bark on a self-seeking life, un. Some courage I didnt know I sound at the core, with a white. had. Without it, T am sure I {wash front? could never have given my baby away." |[APPRECIATES CARE If a girl freely wishes to re It Just happens that today 1 linquish her baby, or ih {received a quarterly news let- hag no alternative, then let's ter from a church home for un- thank God for good adopting {married mothers. The issue con- parents. But the idea of sales tains an anonymous thank-you talking her into such an ampu | note from a girl, saying how tation is abhorrent to me. 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