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Wednesday, ■ 29 * • - : - - tUkwo weejuy • î unes; ,:ifUU*;::::: J Subscriptions $28.04 + $1.96 G.S.T. = $30.00 per year. Publications Mail Registration No. 09301 • Agreement No. 40012366 Publishing 50 Issues Annually at the Office of Publication "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. " Orono Weekly times 5310 Main Street, P.O. Box 209, Orono, Ontario LOB 1M0 E-mail: oronotimes@speedline.ca • Phone/Fax 905-983-5301 Publisher/Editor Margaret Zwart The Orono Weekly Times welcomes letters to the editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Opinions expressed to the editor and articles are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Orono Weekly Times. Letters must be signed and contain the address and phone number of the writer. Any letter considered unsuitable will not be acknowledged or returned. We reserve the right to edit for length, libel and" slander. If your retail or classified ad appears for the first time, please check carefully. Notice of an error must be given before the next issue goes to print. The Orono Weekly Times will not be responsible for the loss or damage of such items. Life long learning according to Forrester In light of his nomination for Senior of the Year Award, Mr. Forrester's thoughts on continuing education in his tender years as editor of the Orono Weekly Times. The following is an editorial written by Roy Forrester 50 years ago. Continuing education is one of the most important needs of our day and one that has far reaching consequences. consequences. Life is not simple. Too many of us rely wholly upon science; the marvel of this age, however science can not by itself solve our major human problem. Science can not impose upon people the co-operative give and take relations we should like to see between individuals and nations. What we need through continuing education is ennoblement of individuals through philosophy, the arts, religion -- what we refer to usually as the 'humanities \ It is adults, not children who set the tone of a community. community. Adulthood is the significant period toward which life leads. It is a stage of life which has a meaning and an importance that no other stage can possess. It is not enough to have learned to read, write and figure. Skills do not give wisdom, through they and science, science, technology and business management do prepare the way toward wisdom. There is no easy formula by which we can suddenly grow mature in matters of intellect and the spirit. Every year that is given to the effort is well worth while in the return it gives us in happiness, satisfaction and achievement. achievement. Adult Education ' in the formal sense doesn X at all , » describe what is meant by 'continuing education '. The truth is that the person who quits learning upon leaving school is giving into an idea of limited usefulness, limited limited satisfaction and limited happiness. He is contributing to his own bewilderment and feeling of insecurity in a fast moving world. The real purpose of continuing education is self-realization. self-realization. This requires good human relations, economic efficiency and civic responsibility. This sense of self has to do with conditions of life, and the art of living in such a way as to obtain the greatest return, it takes note of personal abilities, aptitudes and desires. It serves needs which are inexhaustible. What does a sincere attempt to broaden our education entail? It is not enough to seek skills in this or that, or to become expert in something or other. Continuing education education leads us to know something of the other personas job so as to appreciate the part he is playing in life; it provides us with reasonably founded opinions instead of unclarified passions and sentiment. Our continuing education qualifies us to bring relevant relevant background to bear upon current problems, to gather gather information that will be pertinent to the question at hand, to grasp relationships between this state of affairs and another, between this person !v action and his social environment; and - this is the aim and object of it all- to make a judgement in the light of our clearly defined values and the information we have. Good stuff Dear Editor: Each and every week my good wife and I make the trek from Stouffville to buy baked goods at your local bakery. For the past year or so, I have been picking up your paper at Becker's and browsing browsing through it. It is with great anticipation that I read the articles by Clifford Francis. Over the course of time I've noticed he gets great pleasure out of antagonizing the local auctioneer auctioneer -- a Mr. Reid. I take it they are friends. In response to his article on guns, did I sense a hint of jealousy or maybe a wannabe in the letter from Mr. Sargent? Keep it up, Mr. Francis. Respectfully yours, R.S. Cole Stouffville 50 Years Ago The following was submitted to the Orono Weekly Times by a J. E, Armstrong, in April of1952. Orono leaves the realm of a one-horse town What is Orono coming to? Last week Lawrence Hooey, Bill and Jack Reid, Archie Glenney and Bill Armstrong took a trip to Saratoga N.Y. and bought four pure bred trotting horses with pedigrees that would reach from "Dan to Bcthshcba." All of them promised their wives before they left home that they would not buy a horse and nobody can find out what they paid for these exceptionally exceptionally good looking, high priced horses, for it seems that truth and veracity is unknown to a race horse owner - even a beginner. This trotting horse disease seems to have started with Bud Rolph, Bert Reid and Bill Rutherford. You can't tell whether Bud is in the hardware business or the racehorse busi ness. When he heard they were bringing home four racehorses from Saratoga N.Y. in a truck, he sat out on the cold cement sidewalk until two o'clock in the morning to receive them. Before Brother Reid moved to Orono and bought a racehorse racehorse he was one of our most highly respected citizens and was at one time Warden of these United Counties. Continued on page 3