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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-11-26, Page 6The reader comments Commendation an botiein T d p gg g. he facts do iness ? To he editor, May I say a few words of tlommeodation about our town •tlouneil, before nomination day, drinking, juvenile delinqueneyn Good buss not bear out these statements • We frequently hear the state - The best independent authority , tnent expressed that it is bad in Huron has stated that there for "business" where folk in a is definitely less teen-age drink-'. town or community are not able ing in Huron than in tcpunties ;to buy their supplies of liquor Tiny honestly believe they under the Liquor Control Act.11ocalla'• have done a good *4, and I truly believe they have too—to the best of their ability. Most admit they will run again if wanted, Now, this doesn't seem right — in fact it's all wrong. The should be some way in Mr, A. R. Scott, principal of , .Are :the merchants and busi- Goderich District Collegiate for: nessmen anxious that Exeter many years, backs up this state-, come under the ICA, so that we meet. During his time as prinei- may have a government liquor pal, the school dances have been and retail store here? trouble-free, so far as drinking We believe our businessmen among students is concerned. are not so short sighted. The Reports of magistrates' courts average family anywhere has Which they could be forced to throughout Ontario reveal many not the money for both liquor stay in office. Most of them have prosecutions in which teen-age and family needs. Too often the guided the town over these many drinking and drunken parties cutback is on the family neves- years to the position it is now in, and, they should be made to stay With the ship! This last year has seen some good. new blood added, who tried to stir some action, but just pic- ture the situation an entirely new council could create, They might want to put in proper drainage, and sewage systems, a proper road paving program, a proper budgeting system by de- partments, even so far as to re- duce speeds to a safe limit in children areas or heaven for- teen-agers from a county under bid, sidewalks 'for them to walk the LCA, the magistrate stated Probably many would even on. Necessary items? of course, that from his observation boot- take their beer, rather than re - have been for 10 years, on a leggers are as numerous in new their subscriptions to The gradual scale, but -new blood counties under the LCA as in Times -Advocate. Consumption of maywant to start them all this Huron or Perth, liquor makes people lose their sense of values. year, with drastic effect on our Back in Premier Hepburn's New industry for Exeter? Have taxes. At least a policy of doing time, beverage rooms were II- we come.to the place where we nothing, would keep our taxes legally established in Goderich. consider that having a govern - down to slightly higher than Those persons who were chiefly meet liquor and retail store is other towns. responsible in bringing in those the answer to our "prayer?" I'm in favor of letting the old' beverage rooms are now at the God forbid — let us raise our guard stay in and on election head of the campaign to do away sights. day, let's vote them in again. with the CTA and again bring Let us profit by the experience in beverage rooms, and also of other localities and hold fast Thank you, Mr. Editor liquor outlets under the LCA. to that which we have. in Huron Geo. Shaw To cover their real motive they the Canada Temperance Act— express express great concern about Vote against revocation. teen-age drinking and drunken - Teacher explains ness in public. One of the main Mrs. L. Taylor p arguments used by their paid To the Ratepayers of agents who canvassed the county McGillivray Township: was. "We want to bring in a law which will protect our young I would like the ratepayers people from teen-age drinking." and parents of McGillivray Town- Many of those who signed the ship to know I was dismissed petition have seen through the from McGillivray Central School hoax' and are going to vote because on Friday, Nov. 13, it against revocation on November was stated I did defy Mrs. Ham- 30. Ilton, the principal of said school, and belittle her before some pupils of Grade 4. among juveniles are involved. sides. When the family buys a Recent reports in the daily pa- dozen oranges for 3 to 4 or more Pers of extreme rowdyism in children for a week and at the LCA municipalities, with resi- same time spend five or six dents afraid to walk their own dollars for beer—who is .this streets, emphasize the freedom business bad for? of Huron from any such reign of rowdyism from teen-age drink- ing. The only such cases in shoes, gas and repairs for cars Huron have been among juveniles and machinery? Definitely some - from neighboring counties under one will have to extend and hold the LCA, who brought their 11- the credit bills. It is certain It quor along with them. At a re- , will not be the liquor or retail cent trial in Huron, involving store. Their policy is "cash." Who is going to extend the credit for groceries, clothes, Ever since the schoolopened, the 60 or more grade one and two pupils have not been al- lowed to use the playing field during recess and noon hour. They have been confined to the canopy at the south end. When the first snow of the season fell on Friday, several of the children asked my per- mission to roll a snowman. I sent groups of two of them out For the CTA — Continued from page 4 This is democratic and to get more outlets 60% of us must vote "yes". Don and I have talked this over and I know that Huron county has the lowest he is very much opposed tc these further outlets and would rate of alcoholism of any county lend his full support in fighting in Ontario yet surveyed — Jess them.. But what about the rest than half the average for On- of us who don't want them? tario. If the CTA is voted out, Will we work and work hard the LCA will automatically take against the interests that want over, and as surely as night them? follows day, beverage rooms, Last week we were told by a liquor stores and other outlets campaign organizer the name of will be established in Huron, a town that should have easily Just as surely will there be an won the 41% of the vote but increase in the number of alco- didn't because of the apathy of holies. the people and the enthusiasm It is an established fact that of the opposition. Under the CTA more liquor outlets always re- this cannot happen. suit in more liquor consumed. in several directions to roll the It is reasonable to suppose that snow to the canopy where the free sale of beer and liquor others met them to take their under the Liquor Control Act rolls and build a snowman under would increase the number of alcoholics in the county to the average rate for Ontario. the canopy. I have always had the interest of children at heart and could not corral them like cattle all winter long. When Mrs. Hamil- ton asked me about the snow- man, I told her this. I also told her she could put her coat on would come from among our and do it if she wished. 1 young men. Before I was dismissed, I' How many who want to have asked the trustees to meet with i more prosperity through freer the teachers and myself and talk sale of liquor would like to con - it over or to meet with Mrs. ( tribute a son to the new list of Hamilton and myself to settle it. alcoholics? How much money Beth requests were refused. would any man need to compen- sate him for an alcoholic son? If any of you would like to You may say you haven't a son, spend one noon hour under this ! or that you know your son will canopy and see the circum- I never be analcoholic, which stances, please do so some day , might be true, but what about after we have had a good fall your neighbor's son? This is a of snow and see the faces of the responsibility no voter can es - children. cape, The present ratio in Huron is 780 per 100,000 population. More recruits would be needed under the LCA to bring Huron up to par for alcoholics. Most of them Yours sincerely, Reta Allison Best for future To the editor: The greatest and most valu- able asset we have in Huron County is our young people. What is best for their future welfare should be our first con- sideration in deciding which way we will vote on November 30. It is being stated that the Canada Temperance Act is re- sponsible for, increased teen-age For the LCA --Continued from page 4 place, just as wildly, just as alarmingly BUT THERE ARE NO COURT CASES because the CTA does not provide for pros- ecution. Secondly, with respect, let me also suggest to you that the ministers, in this area at least, adopted their stand without hear- ing Iegal opinions, knowledge of conditions or the arguments of any one supporting LCA. Don't tell me I'm wrong because I at- tended the meeting at which they made their decision, The only speaker, outside of members of their own group, was a repre- sentative of the Ontario Temper- ance Federation who admitted he knew very little about the CTAT I do respect the judgment of these men but 1 do submit their judgment, in this case, was not based on a complete and thor- ough investigation of the issues at stake. * . . At the conclusion of this four- week debate, will you forgive Inc for making personal refer- ence when 1 congratulate my brother Bob for his excellent articles, his sincereness, his fairness, dedication and respon- sible opinion. I respect him for his stand and his defence of it, although 1 cannot agree with'. it. Fortunately, I know that he and 1, having discussed this question on numerous occasions in the past, Will conclude this debate without malice or ill -will and will remain brothers in every sense of ,the 'word'. 1 do hope that all who have partici- hipated in this issue will end it similar fashion~ W. HUME CLUTTON Goderich The trend Figures have been quoted by the pro LCA group to put Peel and Manitoulin in a good light. But let's look at a few more. Middlesex alone has 125 liquor licenses, Kent 97, Lambton 52, Bruce 70 and Wellington 64. In the last nine votes seven have rejected further outlets! People are now concerned about what is happening across Ontario. Let us now suppose that the vote for cocktail lounges, bars or beverage rooms is being held in Exeter. Let's also suppose that we did get a large group of volunteers to work for the "no" vote and it held. The sad truth is that we still haven't much say. Hay, Usborne and Stephen all border our town. If any one of these municipalities voted "yes.' then we could have a liquor lounge or any of the other types of outlets right on the edge of town. And this is quite conceiv- able when you realize that be- sides a government store and ��„����„„�„�„�„����.�������„�,.�,�,,,, brewers' warehouse our neigh- „,,,,,,,,,, ,= hors in. Grand Bend now have six additional outlets. By the same token those of you who do not live in Exeter but call this your hometown, would not be able to cast your ballot if we were voting on these outlets. Another aspect, is that those who want more outlets can and most likely will force another vote in three years as the LCA makes provisions for. There are some municipalities that are plagued with just this condition. Amendments to CTA It has been suggested that we have very little chance of get- ting the amenc...ients. Perhaps this is so but could the govern- ment ignore a petition signed by a large number of Huron's citi- zens for them? And I feel quite confident this will be done. On the other hand what about the LCA? There has been and still is a lot of pressure being brought on our provincial gov- ernment for four changes: Sun- day opening, hotel room service, reduction in age from 21 to 18 and longer hours. Now I don't think for a minute that Premier Frost will enter- tain any such changes. On the other hand how long can he re- sist these increasing pressures, and 1 note they have appeared again in the daily press in re- cent weeks. You also may have read In last week's dailies that Opposition Leader Wintermeyer was pressing for more changes, We're different They say that we in Huron are different—with Perth the only two counties under. the CTA. When we know the facts we can be glad our county is different, It has a proud record of sob- riety. Based on per thousand of population we have by far, the lowest rate of alcoholism, fewer wards under the Children's: Aid, fewer crimes, fewez juvenile de- inquents than any other survey ed county in Ontario, May I suggest to you in all earnestness, let's keep that proud record. Vote "against the re-, vocation” and keep the CTA for the health and future happi- nest of our families. When snetest tutnt a man's head, he Is facing failure, News Of Your LIBRARY By MRS. JMS A book to interest everyone and especially those who saw the Queen and the Duke of Edin- burgh at some point on their visit to Canada and Unii:ed States this past summer is: , The Royal Tour 1959 This is a souvenir and record in illustrations of the highlights of the visit as well as occasions of less importance. Eight pages are in full color. In the jacket photograph the Queen unveils the stone on the International Boundary .Tune 27. 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