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HL HELE endian biounishodon ian hy tore Wim blu satin i hotadasid din wn hos Sums | ---- Lh L ' [AS X33 I 2 RR IAS TIX NE ros at shasta on tna ano ts ha soe bi iioie i rh - i. 4 One night Blitz Monday, June 4 For twenty years the Rehabilitiation Founda- tion for the Disabled (March of Dimes--Ability Fund) has played an important role in. the development of services for physically disabled adults in Ontario. It has experimented and innovated, and important services initially established by, or with the aid of the "Foundation" are now on their own or have been assumed by government. In recent years the Foundation's emphasis has been on vocational rehabilitation with its network of sheltered employment services: across the province. With increasing acceptance of the right of the handicapped to a more decent life, government has steadily expanded its role and the 'Foundation' has recognized the importance of co- -ordinating its activities with government and other voluntary organizations to insure that priority needs are met and that an orderly pattern of services and facilities develop. Although government services to the handi- capped are increasing, there are still and will continue to be a myriad of unmet needs which must be met by volunteer organizations such as the Rehabilitation Foundation for the Disabled. Many handicapped Ontario adults feel "shut out" from our present society and not "'shut in". Although they will never be employable, the Foundation and its volunteers believe these people also have a right to quality in their daily life. Recreational opportunities and direct aid must occur locally as must the elimination of physical barriers such as high curbs and unnecessary steps which deny access to the disabled. Therefore the role of the volunteer, both present and future becomes increasingly important. A local "Blitz'* will be held on June 4 in Port Perry and area. Keep the light burning on your front porch when canvassers arrive at your home for collection to this most worthy cause. This year, 40,000 dedicated citizens will be actively engaged in support of the Rehabilitiation Foundation and the disabled adults it represents by conducting the annual March of Dimes Ability Fund Campaign in some 650 communities. Please be generous when the canvasser calls. ART GATES "The city says I overpaid traffic tickets so I have a violation coming to me." PORT PERRY STAR Company Limited \0 Ww, RD 4, 7 Sa PaaS Rs <3 ¥% CNA Serving Port Perry, Reach, Scugog and Cartwright Townships P. HVIDSTEN, Publisher BRUCE ARNOLD, Editor WM. T. HARRISON, Plant Manager J. PETER HVIDSTEN, Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association { Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association Published every Wednesday by the Port Perry Star Co. Ltd., Port Perry, Ontario Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rate: In Canada $6.00 per year. : Elsewhere $8.50 per year. Single Copy 15¢ md BILL MILEY ; UGAR Srice AND HOW WE'VE RUINED SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS There appears to be a general and growing concern about the quality of education these days. Not only are teachers concerned, and they are, but students and parents are beginning to feel that they are being short-changed. A couple of letters to the editors of two daily papers recently were revealing. In one, a university student stated that he had read a 2,000-word essay written by a friend, who was an honour student. In the 'essay, there was one (1) sentence which did not have a spelling or grammar error. And that was the sentence in which he repeated the professor's topic. In the other letter, a girl who dropped out of school three years ago because of the rigidity of the system, was flaming mad. She returned to Grade 12 this year and discovered, as she put it "that education had disappeared in the interim." This young lady said flatly that while teachers used to teach for the average in the class, they are now teaching toward the poorest students, with the keen and bright ones left to fend for themselves. In her opinion, standards had dropped drastically in three years. There are few teachers who would not agree with her on the last point. Administrators and '"'educationists," what- ever they are, right up to the minister, blandly assure the public, via the media, that standards have not been lowered. Perhaps they should take off their rose-coloured glasses and take a good, clear look at reality. But they have managed to wrap themselves in such a fog of educational jargon that they wouldn't know reality unless it came up and bit them. What's happened? Maybe I'm prejudiced, but IT don't think the fault lies with the teachers. To my definite knowledge, they are working harder than ever, under steadily worsening conditions. They are teaching as many as two more classes a day than they were three years ago. They are doing more of the unplesant and uneducational chores than they did. Such a one is "trough patrol" as some teachers call cafeteria supervision. The name is not inaccurate. A few years ago, supervising a student' dance was an extra chore, but few teachers really minded it. One chatted with the students, deplored their taste in music, but felt that a good time was being had by all. Everybody was dressed up and happy. The lights in the gym were turned down but not out. There might be the odd case of a kid smoking pot or slightly under the influence but they were rareties. A regular Sunday school picnic. Nowadays it's more like Saturday night in Dodge City. A darkened gym except for the stage where four or five baboons caper and scream incomprehensibles to the accom- paniment of a volume of sound that would make a boiler factory sound like a cemetery. Someone has thrown up again in the boys' washroom. Two grim-faced cops stand by the entrance. . A teenage girl is caught rum-running not one, but six mickeys of rye. * In the good old days; years ago, a young buck could wear his own mickey in his hip pocket, covered by his jacket. Today, his pants are so tight he couldn't get anything in that pocket so he has some little girl take it in for him. But six! I'm drifting away from my topic, but not entirely. The defiance of rules, the demand for new "rights" is all part of the school scene today. It's a curious mixture of apathy and mindless defiance. I sound as though I'm blamming the kids. I'm not. They're human. They'll take what they can get and demand more. They're a pretty decent lot, on the whole. But what girl won't wear hip-huggers if she's allowed to wear jeans, or a blouse slit to the naval if she doesn't have to wear a bra? What young man of sixteen wouldn't like to have a crack at growing a beard? No, the real culprit is neither teachers nor kids. It is the little empire-builders in the system. They are so far away from the 'classroom, and the taxpayers, that they have acquired a god-complex. They've never been in a classroom, or not for years. And if they are to preserve and expand their empires, they must appear to be doing something. So they scratch each others backs, come up with revolutionary ideas that were stale forty years ago, and hide behind a squid-like emission of gobbledygook such as "input" "feedback", "communications," "concepts" and "'indiv- idual. needs." These are the barnacles on the good ship Education, and unless she is careened and they are scraped off, ruthlessly, they're likely to sink her. 50 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 24, 1923 We are pleased to report that Messrs. Morley and Lee Honey, Port Perry, have completed their dental courses, having passed the recent examinations. James Mark, Prince Albert, was chosen Conser- vative candidate at North Victoria convention. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. AE. Sims, Port Perry, on Monday, May 21, 1923. $2,000 was voted to the Board of Education in Port Perry, for current expenses. Mr. W.L. Parrish's account of $500 for the two furnaces installed in the Town Hall, was ordered to be paid during a special meet- ing of the Town Council Monday evening. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 20, 1948 Friday was open day at Port Perry Public School. Many parents and friends turned out and filled the Assembly Hall to listen to one of the best concerts the children have ever put on. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Graham, Burketon, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter Alma Marie to Ross Lorne Duff, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Duff, Port Perry. It is contrary to law to dump rubbish and refuse on the road ways of the Township of Scugog. Any person doing so will be prosecuted accordingly to law. 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 22, 1958 ~ Abrams were married in Port Perry United Church on May 3rd, 1958. The bride is the former Donna Marie Jeffrey of Port Perry. of Port Perry. On Tuesday, April 29th, 1958, Mr. and Mrs. George Staniland welcomed guests into their home on the occasion of their 50th wed- ding Anniversary. Uxbridge Township re- cently received a deputation from residents in the Glen Major district, requesting that council take more aggressive action in im- proving the roads in the area. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 23, 1963 Dennis Symes, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Symes, R. R. No. 4, Port Perry, attained all 14 Wolf Cub Badges. Dennis was a 2 star Cub, Sixer of the green six and has hopes of being a Queen Scout. Southern Ontario and York County have just acquired one of the most modern egg factories in Canada..It is the Feathercrest Farms Ltd., Poultry Operation at R. R. No. 1, Prince Albert. On May 28th they will have an official Open House and guest speaker will be Everett M. Biggs, Deputy Minister of Agriculture. Members of the Scugog Chapter of the 1.0.D.E., sent a letter to the Port Perry Council concerning the bro- ken glass and litter on Port Perry streets. Council will endeavour to do everything in their power to keep the streets clean. a