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s by John Cole The final assembly for 1964 as held in the auditorium at '&li‘amchh and Vocationâ€" al ol last Friday morning. The speeches and presentations WCVS Awards Presented At Their Final Assembly Page 6 â€"â€" THE WESTON TIMES â€" Thursday, June 3. â€" D. S. TICKNOR REALTOR When you‘re planning to buy any major item â€" a car, furnishings, fridge, washer, dryer or other valu« able appliance â€" borrow everything you need, first, Then you‘ll be free to shop whenever and wherever you please. A lowâ€"cost Royal Bank temfian Joan gives you the cash in advance, placing you in the key position to select the best value. 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WESTON Phone 244â€"5324 * Buying > * Selling This year the Weston Lion‘s Club Scholarships went to Carol were made before the regular Senior assembly and were carâ€" ried over the P.A system to | the rest of the school. | NOW! get it ... 88 rovar Bank Check against other loan plans available see how lowâ€"cost termDian really iss $3600.00 Weston & Ray Branch W. S. Paterson, Manager B J. Trew, Manager | Entertainment for the ladies ‘ during their three day stay in Toronto included a tour of the new City Hall, and a reception | by Controlier Dennison, followed | by a Hard Hat Tea Party at the | Jiffy Mobile Unit. Coâ€"ordinators | for this outing were Anne Smelâ€" | grove and Dorothy Moore. On May 27, guests and Toronto members, were transported by ferry boat to luncheon at the Royal Car@®@W®in Yacht Club, folâ€" lowed by a fashion Show Called ‘‘Pantastics". Jennifer Macklin and Maureen Meagher, daughtâ€" ers of members, joined Marilyn Brookes of the ‘"Unicorn‘ in this presentation. which was convenâ€" ed by Jean Vozoris and Dorothy Pittis. Before joining the men in the evening for their Annual Banâ€" quet and Dance at the Roval York Hotel, the ladies were treated to a tour of the Bloor Street shopping area, including the Collanade and the Yorkville District. treal, Quebec; Mrs. J. L. Wiâ€" son, St. John‘s Newfoundland; Mrs. James Vance, Woodstock, Ontario; Mrs. B. M. Taylor, Peâ€" terborough, Ontario; Mrs. . E. Brooks, â€" Saskatoon, â€" Saskatcheâ€" wan and Mrs. L. A. Bateman, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Visitors included, Mrs. George Humphries, â€" London, â€" Ontario, wife of the President of the ELC.; Mrs. Garnet Page, Monâ€" Many ladies from the Weston Area were among the members of the Engineering Institute of Canada‘s Ladies‘ Auxiliary, who were hostesses to visitors from across Canada, from May 26 to May 28, for their Annual Meetâ€" ing. E1.C. Auxiliary Meets In City Chess Club president Jim Woolley of 13D presented the Chess Club Award to Andris Arâ€" ness, 11A; and Mr. Lethbridge distributed prizes to the winners of the two Car Rallies It was also announced that two rallies Mr. Harvey presented Conning Tower Awards for outstanding literary contributions to the school year book. The Cover Deâ€" sign award was given to Lynn McKown of Câ€"Special, with Poeâ€" try Awards going to Philip Christo, 12A; Kathy Moore, 11D; and Evelyn Kolish, 10A. Prizes for Prose contributions went to Roy Culpeper, 13A; and Betty West, 10B. David Mortimer of Câ€"Special was also awarded for his work in securing advertis ing for the book. cil Pins, which are awarded for valuable contributions towards school activities during the year. Mr. Ferguson, Viceâ€"Principal, presented the ten Student Counâ€" winner was Robert McCloskey, 12B., who has excelled in Hockâ€" ey and Football. Wes Boddington. â€" This year‘s have been honor award winners and very active in school athâ€" letics and extraâ€"curricular activâ€" ities and services. These scholarâ€" ships are based on excellence in these fields as well as perâ€" The Bruce Lawrence Trophy was presented again by Mayor 12 months $ 43.93 $ 75.44 $115.73 Monthly yet Metro taxes are mostly resâ€" ‘ ponsible for the huge jump of last two years. It is very short sighted to say that older areas should completely pay their own way in local improvements, for generally speaking, these areas are areas that house the lower | income and working peopie. Our | taxes are going higher and | higher, to the point where itl soom, if not now is ‘going to | make it impossible for the workâ€"| ing class person to mainâ€" tain his own house. I have had calls this last week from good hardworking citizens . whose employment is as brickâ€" layers, tradesmen, etc. and who say why must I pay $30.00 to $50.00 more taxes this year. My ditches have not been filled in, | my taxes are now over $400.00 for my house. or in some cases, | almost a month‘s pay. The proâ€" | blem is the same or worse for pensioners and those on fixed incomes. All of this. I submit, at ; the doorstep of Metro‘s responsiâ€" | bilities, for Metro control all the | debenture allocations for all of| Metro, yet Metro taxes are mostâ€" | Iy responsible for the huge tax | jump of the last two years. ] Revenues | On Sunday night at St. John‘s Anglican Church many of his friends and classmates will atâ€" tend the evensong service at which one of his former Rectors, the Rev. Canon Sextus Style, will be the guest preacher. Afâ€" ter the service there will be a reception in the Parish Hall to pay tribute to the Canon Adye for the work that he has done and is doing. Come along and join in the fortieth celebration of a man who has made his life one active round of service for others in the service of his Lord and Master. (Continued from page 3) Thns the Canon has served hs eountry with distinetion on the battlefield an in civil life. He is still serving, building characâ€" ter, developing true citizenship, auu Uupduiuaig ut WUE lucais Uf life. Forty Years This year the school is losing five of its valuable staff memâ€" bers: Mr. Campbell (Maths & Science), Mrs. Putnam (French), Miss Drozd (Home Economics), Mr. Tarian (Math and Science) and Mr. Daniel (Mathematics). This year the students of Grade 13 presented the school with a new Mapleâ€"Leaf flag and plaque, which appear in the main foyer of the school. The formal presentation was made during the assembly by Roy Culâ€" peper on behalf of the graduatâ€" ing class. distribution of Preliminary W‘s and Star presentations while Mr. Christie presented the White W‘s (the top award in the school) to grade 12 and 13 stuâ€" dents Ann Constable, Robert Hopkins, Wenda Moore, Peggy Parker, Mauro Cotechini, Cecilâ€" ia Ghedin, Louise Jarvis, Betty Ann Burford, and Glennis Stoâ€" vell. will be held ‘again next year â€" one in the Autumn and one in the Spring. (Continued from page TAVAT STEREO CENTRE 1379 Floor CleaO[ance Sale 1965 CLAIRTONE * 6 speakers * AMâ€"FM Stereo Radio Changer * Bank of NovaA TS(:ntia Financing 2) I got a Spanish textâ€"book from the library vesterday but, as usual, it‘s not much help with the essentials. I looked all through and it‘s full of "what colour is the large brown dog?" and I have 20 pesos", but nothing like "Take your damn hand off my knee" or "Does tequila really rot your socks?" Hasta manana, as we linguists say. The hacienda which provides Luis and his family with their income is about 400 miles from Mexico City and several thousand miles in area; one hundred employees live on the estate and look after the 2,000 cattle, the coconut plantation and the factory which processes the nuts (they get five products from the coconut), the horses, the banana trees and the crocodiles. Black orchids grow in the bush and emeralds and diamonds can be found in the caves (Luis brought us some rough diamonds â€" they‘re dull, purâ€" plish in tint and rather disappointing). All this â€" and Luis too. Naturally, there would be adjustments to make on both sides if they marry, but by that time they‘ll be able to communicate propâ€" erly. At the moment, it‘s a confusing affair â€" his English is good, but his understanding of it is uncertain. Jade has little Spanish, hut they‘re both learning fast. Anyway, Luis‘ lack of English does n‘t seem to have held him up much. E00. 1NCCE ADUCTCG Years ago she would have been burned at the stake â€" she‘s that sort of woman. Not a deliberate femme fatale, but there‘s something about her that reduces some men to quiverâ€" ing heaps of emotion and when she doesn‘t marry them, they go on carrying a flame till it burns their hearts. Just in case you think all Mexicans are dark, greasy, wear a sombrero and play maracas, you‘re wrong; Luis is darkâ€"haired, of course, lightly tanned, stocky, has nice eyes and a crinkly smile, good teeth a funny nose (broken in a car accident) and a sense of bumour to match our own. He‘s 32. He speaks French, Italian, some German and some English, is muchâ€"travelled, plays jai alai, tennis, football (very popular in Mexico, apparently) swims and shoots crocodiles on the hacienda. What‘s more, he loves her very much. He brought gifts for the whole family â€" mine was marked "Mama Joan" and kisses hands better than Charles Boyer ever did. Joni, our tomboyish 10 year old, is his devoted slave; when he arrived at the house, we inâ€" troduced the small girls and he kissed their grubby little hands, treating them as if they were charming young ladies. Joni stood there, looking at him, with her mouth slightly open, and he put his hand gently under her chin, tilted it and said, "Already she is beautiful . . ‘‘ I was pleased to see that she had brushed her hair recently and was reasonably clean, so he didn‘t have to lie too much. Like so many Latins, Luis likes children and enjoys family life. Of course, as you may suspect, L think he‘s wonderful; he has the right qualifications â€" he‘s kind, humorous, affectionate, intelligent, has clean fingerâ€"nails â€" and his money is not a handiâ€" cap. Luis has suggested a month in Acapulco, a month at the hacâ€" ienda and perhaps a month at the family house in Mexico City, by which time he hopes Jade will be ready to marry him. I hope so too. Of course, things like this don‘t happen any more, except to Jade. Three hundred years ago she would have been burned at io oe e e en t mds Still, Jade kept saying, "It‘s ridiculous. I can‘t go back to Mexico with him for three months. I mean, I don‘t even know the man â€" I‘d have to give up my apartment, my job. I might go back for a week‘s holiday . . ." Luis arrived last Sunday and they leave for Mexico on June 13 â€" for three months,. but let me give you some details. The plane was two hours late (do you think I always look like this?"; on the way to the airport, Jade kept saying, "I Just hope he‘s not a slob, I just hope he‘s no a slob . . ." (He isn‘t.) Then, when the plane did come in, she couldn‘t recognize him â€" after all, it was a year ago and she didn‘t take much notice of him then. 1 kept saying, "How about this one? That fat man‘s looking for someone. Does he have a white beard?" Oh girls, you have no idea how helpful I was; meantime, Ken sat on a bench some distance from us and pretended he didn‘t even know us. ner injections ready for the trip. He would, of courses pay for everything. At first the girl, who is an old scaredy â€" cat (okay, okay, you guessed â€" it‘s Jade, our No. 1 girl) suspected him of unspeakable intentions, white slavery, etc. As I said to her in my usual role of the unnatural mother, "Dear, why would he spend time and money just to come up here and seduce you when there are lots of prettier and more available girls in Mexico?" This is the man who, in one of his letters asked, "Dear Jade, Although we do not know each other well, would you permit me to embrace you when we meet? . . ." By this he did not mean to bend her back over his arm like a pretzel and rain hot tabascoâ€"ich kisses on her pure white thro:#. No sir, by embrace Luis meant the traditional Mexican kiss on each cheek which I find charming but which here we reserve for old aunties. Jade has a friend living in Mexico City who checked up on Luis and confirmed that he was indeed a rich man and had tol‘d Jade the truth about everything. Listen, children, while I tell you a fairyâ€"tale. Once upon a time, a young Mexican businessman was on a flight from Montreal to Rome when he noticed am attractive girl on the plane. He manâ€" ag\d to tzlk to her on the journey and they exchanged names and addresses and parted at Rome Airport; the Mexican was on a combined holiday â€"and business trip in Europe and the girl was going to Italy to work and travel for a while. She certainly had no idea that they would ever meet again, but the Mexican had already made up his mind that he wanted to marry her; however, like Brer Rabbit, he laid low and said nuffin. He wrote several letters to her in Italy, but none reached her. In the fall, the girl returned to her home in Canada and, some months later, wrote casually to the Mexican, announcing that she had returned. He immediately sent a torrent of letters north, announcing that he was coming to Canada to see her in May for a month and would like her to return to Mexico with him for at least three months, to stay with his family and to get to know him. He also sent his photo (not very clear), some records of Mexican music, a request to book him into an hotel near her apartment and a reminder that she must get her injections ready for the trip. He would, of courses pay for everything. * Oiled Walnut Finish Available WIth * 12 Push Button 60 watt chassis * Garrard Record North Park Plasa Keele & Lawrence s north, announcing that he was coming to 1 May for a month and would like her to return a for at least three months, to stay with his o know him. He also sent his photo (not very of Mexican music, a request to book him into apartment and a reminder that she must get Talkingpoint By JOAN SEAGER 241â€"7380 The consequence was that all the best tunes and melodies came down from the bens and out of the glens. Robert Burns made choice of these tunes and put words to them. He could not put them to straight English as that language failed to relate satisfactorily. But he could twist Scots, which was already strongly infused with Gaelic sounds, to suit the airs. Many, including some of the best tunes collected to put to words by Burns, were direct gifts of the Gael. And many more came indirectly through the ministrelsy of the Lowlands. His later poetry, also owed a very great deal to Gaelic meaâ€" sures since it translates back isto Gaelic very easily. In short, the Gaelic language, though now sadly diminished as regards the numbers commanding it, is not a mere linguistic survival or apâ€" pendage. It is a prime heritage of Scotland. It has given a "blas" or taste to the way of talking, singing (Continued on page 9) % Robert Burns was essentially a lyric poet, a maker of songs. And the point is that he fashioned the most of his songs by putâ€" ting words to extant and widely current Gaelic airs. Lacking this aid, his genius may well have passed by unheeded. For Gaelic, like Welsh, is a naturally singing language. Unlike English, which has been compounded out of foreign and dissimilar elements it goes to a swinging tonal pattern. It does not even need rhyme to come out as poetry. It carries the simple artless airs of the coutryside very easily. When he says: "Ah had the cauld the day Chrissie wis mairret on tae big Tam" he resorts to the Gaelic usage of the definite artiâ€" cle and to the idiom of being "married on to somebody". But the continuing debt goes a lot deeper than that. For instance, "loch" â€" the shibboleth by which every Sasunâ€" nach, real or artificial, may be easily discerned â€" is a gift from the Gaelic in both meaning and sound. The same goes, in more senses than one, for that marvelous Scotch "whiskey" which, in their joy, the first distillers called "uisquebae" (water of life). As a matter of every day fact, every Glasgow "keelie" (which has no perjorative meaning in that it derives simply from "gille" As a matter of every day fact, every Glasgow "keelie" has no perjorative meaning in that it derives simply from or "young lad") has a good line in Gaelic idiom. However, it is much more than a matter of merely underâ€" standing the real meaning of the names of the topographical feaâ€" tures of the country, and thus filling life with more interest Though they may never know it until the day they die, sounds, words and idioms direct from the Gaelic are on the tongues of every trueâ€"born Scot. They say it should be confined to schools in those parts of the Highlands and Islands where it is still on the lips of the people. But there are others who argue that it should be taught in ine schools all over Scotland; that every school pupil in Scotland should be given an early opportunity to pick up an acquaintance with the language. And, although it has been some years since this writer left Scotland, I agree. No Scot can be a true son or daughter of the country without some knowledge, however seanty, of the old language. Without it the old place names from the Pentlands to the Solway Firth, are meaningless. Ben Dearg for example, could be a wandering Jew and Tom Ban a travelling Englishman instead of the red mountain and white hillock that they are. Gaelic is now being taught, at both the primary and the secâ€" ondary levels in a few schools in Glasgow and Edinburgh. 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