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TEE fAYAn!AW WI'A'I'l#mW Uf~W~RAWWWT t U f~M~IAuft -- - --- - ----sa.. W VV Cern..a a eefs and Cabbaste or Sm* 000-LA-LA-NOUAGI *Ah". sait! 1, agreeably, "Ab oui"l. The short, balding, chub- by grocer, wrapped up in a big wihite apron, beamed at me. He continued bis enthualastic con- versation, bobblng bis head u end downin i agreement wltl bis ovin words. 1 bobbed ni: head in unison. AUl of a sudden ho switched thie aubject, laun- clw- ntoaàsplrited oral tirade «id punctuated obviously angi remîrks wlth a waving of hI? liste. When ho paused 1 sald "Hab"! and scowled. He beamed &gain Md posed a statement endlng In a negative question mark-*'Xon?" 'Non!" 1I nid, emphaticaliy. To my horror ho stepped bock, amiling, and waited for me b o xpound my thoorles of agreement. I gulp.d and was wondering how ta go about confeslng rny snesky subterfuge when I was *aved by the bell. I could ha've kislsed the aid man who'd op- ened the door thât makes the bell ring. With a osmlllng "mer. ci" for the grocer, I gathered up my purchases and fied. Out- aide 1 wondered where 1 woulc have faund courage to tell the chubby gracer that though 1 * hâd isten.d to him talk for a geod fitteen minutes and haît, in tact, agreed with everythina ho s.emed to belleve n, 1 hacà flot underàtood one word of what hoe midl 1Iis isIAt New Brunswick< is thusly bringing one of my beretofore well-hidden short- corninga painfully b car. Sanie. tiimes, as illuitrated, 1 amn able te bluff my way through but MOtly I arn forced to admit th. miserable tate of my lin- guhl Ignorance. A native-born Canadian, 1 nanetheless speal< but one of two national lan- guages. I hate to admit this be. Cause 1 do serlausly believe every Canadian shou]d tako full, fluent advantage of a bi-lingual heritage. But, serious or not, 1 do rlot practice vihat I prea<zh. 1 do not for one Very simple imason. 1 cannol.1 la SoS l polcyoldraany b.lp they .Oed in choou inlsurance for their home . . . car .. busines. Wcl b. glad toi;: vSo a comple.property in- opae. heckup. -CRm.s STUART a. JAMES ISURANCE REAL ESTATE Office IRA 3-5681 MA 3-5493 King st, E. Bowmnanviile Apart from "ui" , £im~l "mri end:_ an eccasional, akusered paron* moi-,f spea ihpun eriod. And haro, gin thelndo f Evangelino my lingual lack stands ouI t a stu'b.ed great 10e - burned Sblack, blue and ahades of Dur. pie. A large percentage o e wv 'Brunswlck's population cdaim n Acadian ancestry and speak French as a malter of crdie. tocytcourse. Thou romain- I ng, znoslly of British Loyalist d stock, manage tb longue-trnp d &long en a foundalion of pais- kable canversational French n picked up ln provincial e1cm. entary ochoolà, where th. Ian- Sguage la taught without oni. d plcato!o high achool gram- rnar grInds. .PortUnatelY for me and oth. ers like me most New Bruns- 9wickers are bt-lingual. Even Sthose who normally speak F rench are abies b switch to e understandable English bo ac- commodate the likea of me. eThis is courtesy. Courtesy that 1, more's th. pity, cannot re- turn la klnd. My mother taught me ta be pole but ber cour. tesy classes were always con- ducled n Engllsh. And, just by the &aL my Wester~n high-schoolw no serves me about as viell as à bikini ivould serve an out-door- type Eskimnoiniali n 1h. mld- die of an Arctic winter. Il daesn't. What's left orfm i h school French lh useful only for reading "the other ide" cof *the corn flake box mnd even *thon, il I'm tb gel th. adCvertl. ser'a message slralght, I've ta tturn tb thé £nglish ide for t guidance. i But this la not ao surpring L ither. Not vihmn you conslder thal the only French teacher 1 cm riemeniber spoke isud ro- mance language with a clipped Blritish accent. 1 must admit my father waa adept At a version o! "unspeakable" TFrench, a-la- World-War, but mnY mother neyer allowed me to listen to his France-i-ful efforts. She had ne notion o1 what he said, x actly, when h. e nce ileo hlm fosm cf Ga.llc gobble-de. gook but Abe had an idea I Wight. The. tact that ho spoke the, languagé only when prod- ded tb a Point beyond buman endurance caused bar conglder. able doubt. My grandfather, graduaI. of the University of Edinburgh, also spoke French ln vihat ho termned "a pure and precise formn". He could read a French cuisine menu but his oral trans- lations suffered interference from a habit-honed Iglhland burrr. The resuit being that no ane could understand hlm-.e.- cept other Scots graduated from the Univeruity cf ]Edinburgh. But It sounded good-it really didl As for my Irish Grandfa. ther, ho boaslod, loudly and of- ten4 that the only "'foreigri lan- gug"he could speak was Actuaily, th. reason 1 try te bluff my way thraugh casual encounters wIth the French tangue Js not s0 much because I'm sneaky as because I' m sheeplsh. Dovin here people take for granted that everyone can apeak French well enough bo carry on ausimle conversa- tion concerning the vagrties of weather or the state or the nation. This ia a reasonable as- sumption since, as I have ex- plalned, ail New Brunswick chlldren are laught 'Oral Trench expression aI an early Mge. Net oniy do I hale le disillusion these Maritimers with the tact Of my longue-tied status in French but I hale te admit that other Provinces of Ibis hi-lin- gual nation have failed le pro- vide their young wlth similar opportunities. In New Brunswick's public elernentary choola a child léains to .peak Trench as ho bas, ln ha!ancy, learned 10 opeak Engisl-by ear. Only atter ho bas iearned to express himelif, praperlyInaFrench dois h. take intruction re- garding bbe grammatical rea- sons why such usage is correct. This, I1contenci, As whal shauld be don, In other sections eft1h. land. I believe that every Can. "dan child should bie able ta speîk two languages fluentiy. And the reasons bebind thal be- eo are' *le.Ous 1,a proud, b- ingalpast and,11with the villa et distance Cru mbling be- fore aur oves even naw, ours vil surely be a multi-linguai future. Had I my achool years bo livh over 1 wouid take ad- vantage Ot as many language Courses aé passible. I wouid learn, li achool and out, ta, gpeàk Trench, German, Span- lm, Russian and e8 many olh- ers as I bave lime An my lire le, master. And, after the lesson learned on my visit ta the Mar- itinmes, don'l be too surprised if 1 dan'I do just that! Il la true that language con present a near insurmountabie barrier belween men and against understanding. it is also rus Ihat language can accom- Plisi an almost Indestructible Union between mon and pave the way to belter if not com- plete undersîanding. More sel- 11*h9Y. a broader understanding of language coulci make bravel, dOgestic or international, a Most tax increases in Canada In the lasI 10 yeans have beon engendered by (1) de! ence costs or (2) Increaslng social securiîy schernes. BLÂCKSTOCK more exciting experience for all eoncerned. At lb. moment ours is a small wanld, geogra- phicaily with language th. Igreatest distance belvicen men. The louaI w.li Canada cari do ,la barri te apak th. lwo i longues bequeathed us by his. tory, 24th Annual Rundie Picnic HeId JuIy 15 The twenby-fourth annuel Rundie Picnic vias beld et Hampton Park July 151h, 1959, with between seventY and elghty lI attendance. The ai- readY gaad coki in ecdihouse- hold excelled theinselves mucb to, the deligbt ci everyone present. The sports committee enter- talned bath young mad with favaurite races as weii as with somne newer versions o! navel sports activities. Wlth the. ap- Praaching darkness, bath the children and the dîshes were collected and the plans viere made for another very enjoy- able pienio next year. The executive and their fam- illes wlsh la extend their deep- est sympathy to the members af MTr. Frank Rundie's famiy in their recent sad bereavement. The executlve for next year is as taliows: President, Lou Rundie: Vice-President, Neloon Osborne; Treasurer, Herb Run- die; Secretary, Joan Can; Sports Comnmittee, Ron O)S- borne, Don Rundie. SUUIAy Beluioliclei APPmoin>ly 150 persona gathered at Cartwright Cern- mnunily Park, Caesarea, Tues- day aflerneen, July 21et, and enayed 1h. Blacksock United Church Bunday Sehoal picnic. AftWr an excellent prgrarn of sports arrangod by ran hbo. Richard Van Camp and Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Dorreil, a Lreat many enjoyed a dip in 1he lkbefore partaking of a mioat beunliful picnlc aupper. Foilowing are lthe pniz. via- ners: Nursery clias, Running Race -1 Eleanor Wright 2 Alice Anne Carnagban. ÂAh ethers An this grade received amail prizes and there alto was a peanut scrambie for thia group. Beginners, Girls runnlng-1 Linda McLaughlin, 2 Eleanor Wright. Beginners Boys running -1 Gardon Maioolmn, 2 Murray Carnaghari. Kangaroo Race - 1 Barry Malcolm, 2 Murray Carnagban. Prlmary Girls Running - 1 Doris Ashton, 2 Gal Bonnetta and Carol Wotten, lied. Prmary baya running -1 Dennis Ashton, 2 Dennia Rom- cr11. Pnlmary girls Donkey race- i Doris Ashton, 2 Carai Wotten. Prl.mary, boys Donkey -1 Dennis Ashton, 2 Dennis Rom- eril. Junior Girls runnlng-1 Helen Swain, 2 Elizabeth Thom.- pion. Junior Boys running-1 Da- vid Wotten, 2 Brian Mountjoy. Junior Girls Hors. and Dri- ver-i Helen Swamn and Judy Cochrane; 2 Elizabeth Thomnp- son and Bill Thonipson. Junior boys ieap trog- Dormis Ashton and Glen Bon- netta; 2 Ivan Bradburn and Da- vId Mackie. Intermediale girls running- 1 Caral Blyle and Linde ICyle, lied. Intermnediate boys runing- 1 Raiph Swain, 2 Donald Brad- burn. Intermediate girls bai l hrow- ing-l Janice Byers, 2 Linda Kyte. Interniediate boys sack race -1 Raiph Swain, 2 Donald Bradburn. Junior Adult Ladies running -1 Peggy Larmoer, 2 Gloria Van Ryswick. Junior Adult Ladies Balcon Race-i Muriel Wollen. 2 Dol- ly Lee. Gents' baIl throw-l Roy Me- Laughlin, 2 Howard Forder. Tic Tylng race - i Gwen Thompion and John Carnaghan; 2 Harold Swain, Frances Swaln Girls Shoe Kick - i Gloria Van Ryswick, 2 Lorna Wright. Ladies' shoe kick-1 Dorathy Tennant, 2 Muriel Wotlen. Boys shoe kick - 1 Dennis Ashton, 2 Brian Mountjoy. Guessing drops of water inaa baIle-i Dolly Lee, 2 Ron Mar- tyn. 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Boys 8-9--i]Peter Chaperlin, oneO retuiiid home, lired but 2 Donald Saunders, 3 Randy happy. Asseistine. Fire Brigade BaIl Boys 12 and up - 1 Bian Approximateiy three hune Staniland, 2 Leanard Saunders, dred altended the gala event of 3 David Ballingal. Cartwright Volunteor Pire Bri. Men-l Tommy Hodge, 2 Tomn gades' Bail at the Marina, Cao. Hodge, 3 Fred Hamillton and sarea, Wednesday nighl, July Stan Andrews, lied. 22nd. During the Intermission, Youngeat baby present was Mr. Geo. Blyth gave an address Colin Asseistlne. o! welcome. An onjoyable lime These events were tollowed waa had by ail. It Io the Ien- by awinuming in tbe pool, afler lion of the Brigade to inake Ibis which a bountiful lunch vias an annuai event. on . .d