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There appears to be inâ€" creasing interest in comâ€" piling _ family _ histories. We too have been bitten by this "Genealogy Bug" and have started to comâ€" We thank them with all our heart. Because CARE has built up a staff of competent people over 30 years and has established facilities and emergency supplies in 36 countries, this kind of inâ€" stant aid is possible and can be followed by continuing rehabilitation programs. It is not a hitâ€"andâ€"run affair but it is possible only beâ€" cause hundreds of thousands of _ concerned Canadians trust CARE to carry out such efforts effectively and efficiently on their behalf and respond with such genâ€" erosity. To the Editor The agency also provided tools, support poles, bracing and rafter rods as well as training the people how to build their homes. To date over 12,000 of CARE‘s proâ€" jected 21,000 houses have been completed, 10 million pounds of food: distributed to more than 450,000 people and 150 water systems reâ€" stored in one of the hardest hit areas of Guatemala. As the funds came in from concerned Canadians, CARE/Guatemala was able to address itself to the longerâ€"term restoration of more permanent facilities. Priority was given to the construction of inexpensive quakeâ€"resistant houses to be built by the survivors themâ€" selves. CARE‘s model was a simple structure with a lightâ€"weight zinc roof. Immediately following the ‘quake, CARE Canada‘s Advisory Board had allocatâ€" ed $100,000 which enabled the CARE/Guatemala staff to provide instant aid and begin emergency food disâ€" tribution to 300,000 people each day. With the addition of CARE experts from nearâ€" by countries, water systems were quickly repaired to prevent a possible epidemic and temporary â€" shelters, blankets and medical supâ€" plies were distributed. 5 in tm in in etad t fln nds i mc dsA Adac M a 22 2 Enter via the mail entrance beside the Longhom Restaurant (directly opposite the card shop) or from the sievator foyer beside the Tâ€"D Bank Take the elevator to the Znd floor and you are there c One year ago on February 4 a disastrous earthquake in Guatemala killed 22,000 people and left over a milâ€" lion homeless. With your assistance I would like to express on behalf of CARE Canada our deep and sincere gratitude to all those genâ€" erous Canadians whose conâ€" tributions to CARE for the victims of the earthquake totalled over $400,000. Waterioo Chromicle office is located on 2nd fivor of Wateriao Square‘s Office Tower prans o n o en o oo ie L . P Letters to the editor To the Editor m 4 â€" Wateripo Chroniicle, Wednesday , February 16, 1977 Yours sincerely, Thomas Kines, National Director address correspondence to Waterioo office : Waterioo Square, Waterioo, Ont., telephone 886â€"2830 Publisher: James M. Boland Editor: Mary Stupart subscriptions : $10 a year in Canada. $12 a year in United States and Foreign Countries Editor‘s note: The Chronâ€" icle is happy to cover newsâ€" worthy events at schools in â€" Waterloo, subject to time and staff limitations. However, we don‘t know what‘s happening at sqghools unless teachers or the prinâ€" cipal let us know. I would like to read about N.A. MacEachern school in your paper. We are having a Valentine party. We have a rink. To the editor, Will interested descenâ€" dants and others who can provide further detailed information and who wish to participate in compiling a more complete and upâ€"toâ€" date family history please contact one of the underâ€" signed. This information is found in "A Biographical History of the Early Settlers and their Descendants in Waterâ€" loo Township‘‘ published by Ezra E. Eby in 1895, with a supplement by Joseph B. Snyder in 1931, and a furthâ€" er supplement by Eldon D. Weber in 1971. This "Hisâ€" tory""‘ is available in the Kitchener and _ Waterloo Public Libraries. ° Within two generations, there were the following children and grandâ€"children with the Devitt surname and Christian names of: Aaron, Abraham, Andrew, Barbara, Barnabas, Benâ€" jamin, David, Dennis, Elizâ€" abeth, Emily, Isaac, James John, Joseph, Louisa, Magâ€" dalena, Mary, Matthew, Menno, Moses, Sarah and William. These names should enable <living deâ€" scendants to identify famâ€" ily branches. We have learned that earlier ancestors lived in Scotland and Ireland and that least one of them, Dennis Devitt, came to America. We have deterâ€" mined that he was born in Londonderry, Ireland, about 1780, emigrated to New Jersey about 1800, and came to Canada about 1817, first to Copetown and then to Waterloo. pile a history of the Devitt family. As the early hisâ€" tory of this family centred in Waterloo County, it may be that there are other deâ€" scendants in this area, whom we do not know, who might be interested in parâ€" ticipating. For them we provide this information. 225 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener, Ont David Taylor, 520 Glendene Cres Waterloo C. Morton Devitt 81 York St., Kitchener, Ont. Ed. H. Devitt 273 Lourdes St., Waterloo, Ont. established 1854 It seems to me that Jack Young and the Mayors of Kitchener and Waterloo don‘t care if there ever is any agreement regarding These and other shrir;:y {ésufl;;oflla“gé;taln ly indicate a serious lack of confidence in the exlstin_g educational system. No doubt in an attémpt to counter what the Ministry of Education regards as a problem in As a longâ€"standing union man I am, like no doubt many other citizens in Waterloo region, just a litâ€" tle concerned about the cavalier attitude of some of our local politicians and their _ administrators _ in dealing with the communâ€" ity‘s health. Six in every ten secondary school teachers favour uniform content for compulsory subjects. nmL c 2 _ c 14 f 91% of secondary school students, 79% of uniâ€" versity faculty and 85% of CAAT. faculty believe that a compulsory core curriculum is needed irâ€" respective of students‘ plans or goals. To the Editor, 62% of the general public and 63% of students disagree with the statement that it is more difâ€" ficult to obtain a high school diploma than it used to be. â€" _â€" 92% of secondary school teachers thought that university entrants were not as well prepared as they used to be, while 46% thought that achievement of workâ€"bound students has deâ€" teriorated. 74% of students think that some schools make it gggiqr_tq obtain higher marks than others. A majority of students and public believe that not enough discipline exists in our schools. According to the Report, 72% of secondary school teachers thought that basic language skills of universityâ€"bound students have deteriâ€" orated. â€" 24% of the public and 59% of students thought that basic reading and writing skills had deterâ€" iorated over a period. The Government has interpreted the findings of the Study as a vindication, asserting that ‘things are not as bad as they have been made out to be‘. However, the general public, teachers, and students have a different perception. For the past two years, the Liberal Party has been calling upon the Minister of Education to recognize that standards of achievement in Onâ€" tario Secondary Schools have been seriously deâ€" clining. Now an Interministry Report has been released which confirms many of our criticisms. .ectfter to the ediftor Liberal Party Line Now, it may profit those standing on the sidelines hoping to make a quick buck from the lack of pubâ€" lic health care in our reâ€" Worse still, they are usâ€" ing a ‘divide and conquer‘ technique that is only remâ€" iniscent of union busting. In other words they are trying to pit the public health nurses against the hospital nurses. Of course this does not help nurses at large, nor the citizens. the public health nurses You can say one thing for sure _ about the _ public health nurses, who I regard with the same respect as hospital nurses, they have shown a great deal of reâ€" straint and consideration for the public‘s health and wellâ€"being. If only Jack Young and the boys who are playing this divide and â€" This Interface Report was produced as a reâ€" sult of a contract awarded by the Provincial Government to the private consulting firm of gion. I certainly hope not, because that‘s about as low as you can get, to disreâ€" gard _ the _ community‘s health. Also, to quote from the Report, ‘the plain fact is that the time frame for the conduct of the Study was so very short not, it must be admitâ€" ted, without reason â€" that corners had to be cut, both in the collection of the data and in the analâ€" yses of them‘. To quote from the Report, ‘at no point in the Study was information obtained simultaneously on high school marks, tested achievement and university success‘. Many students who were to be tested â€" 35% â€" were absent on the day of testing. There was, in the words of the report, ‘no universally comâ€" pelling reason for students to take the tests and do as well as they could‘. Adjustments were made for absenteeism but were ‘unrelated to the effect that the testing situation had on the motiâ€" vation of those students who did write the test‘. (Incidentally, several months ago, questions were raised in the Legislature about reports of significant numbers of students absenting themselves from the testing. ) For example, not all schools selected for sampling agreed to participate. The effort to find replapex_nepts was not always successful. There is ample evidence that the prograrmme of testing designed for Interface was well conâ€" ceived by highly regarded educational authoriâ€" ties. Nevertheless, any testing programme, howâ€" ever well devised will have limitations. Good reâ€" search will always indicate these limitations and offer speculation on their impact on the findings; Interface is no exception. communication and lack of understanding. of what is happening in our schools, the results of tests and course assessment and evaluation are held out as proof that, in reality, the situation is not as bad as everyone thinks it is. Maybe Regional Counâ€" cillors should get together for the sake of all <our municipalities and ignore the soâ€"called_ leaders. It might not even be a bad idea for the Councillors to take another ‘vote‘ and get rid of Jack Young at the same time. conquer game could learn a little from this unâ€" necessary impasse. By Ed Good, MPP Waterloo North (Continued on page 5) Glenn Julian 125 Water St. Kitchener. Ont