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eleed freely end without proludice to preeervo ond improve dont°.
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I ime y warning
Municipal Affairs Minister .Fred Cass has
gent strong reminders to all municipal councils to
Ontario that they should be on guard against any
conflict of interest and incurring capital .expendi-
tures without meeting full requirements of the
law.
111 personal letters to the heads of councils
Siete() taking owl his municipal affairs post, Mr.
Cass said he wished to "draw to your attention
two municipal problems which seem to occur with
increasing frequency in all too many of our muni-
cipalities
Firsth.', the failure of a member of council.
to make full disciosure of any personal interest he
array have All any matter under consideration by
council ...an have most serious repercussions. I do
not need lo enlarge. upon this.
"The ,seeend problem is the tendency of
.home municipal officials and officers to incur
capital expenditures, even to erect buildings and
works, without first having made certain that the
full requirements of the law have been 'net,
"This often results in inconvenience, em-
barrassinent and, sometimes, a burdensome ex-
pense to the municipality concerned, and it could
also Iltisse iii, effects for negligent council members
and municipal officials.
"As head of your council, it is incumbent
upon you to ensure that these mailers in particu-
lar are always kept in mind," the Minister's letter
stressed,
ise councillors
(Clinton .News Record)
When it conies to saving money for their
• voters back home, members of county council can
show some particularly quick stepping. Faced with
a need to supply additional space to house the in-
creased number of offices for officials which seem
to come properly within the realm of county goy-
, eminent in one way or another, they turned down
the idea of spending $256,000 for a building.
Possibly some of the councillors were think,-
• ing of the demand for hospital rooms which must
• be met in some way, and very soon. From a
humanitarian point of view, this demand holds pre-
cedence over the need to supply offices for
employees of the county.
Though the need for increased space may
be evident to the county council, they are search-
ing for other ways to provide it. Somehow we feel
-that they will be quite successful in this.
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A tribute
A sineere editorial, tribute has been paid. to
the late Boy. George, M. Lamont and Mrs, Lamont,
victims of a tragieaceident, by the editor of' The
Mitchell Advocate, Mrs. W, M. Mounteer:
"Not only will they be missed by Knox con-
gregation, whom they so faitlrfuil my served for the
past 13 years, but in tho tolvas .activities. Mr.
Lamont, especially, found time during his busy life
to enter wholeheartedly, as we stated last week, in
anything pertaining to community good, Latterly,
ho had shown. keen interest in the -prospect of
hospital and in the apartment building that would
serve our senior citizens, in addition le all other
endeavors of a cominunity,wide nature, When he
visited hospitals he stopped briefly with our people,
regardless of their church, affiliation. Etc was never
too busy, seemingly, to stop and give a lilt to many
with a cheerful word as. he passed along their
way; never too busy to pause as he dropped into
this office with his church notice, through which
we gained an insight into the fine attributes of
this man, whose mission in life seemed only to do
good. In fact, we felt that we had indeed lost a
good friend when he departed this life, a feeling
that was general to many.
."Life was, we are sure, as he would have
wished, busy to the last; even on the day of his
passing he was bent on the Master's work. And his
good wife was equally conscientious in what He
called her to do within the sphere of her activi-
ties."
Strange that no one has suggested cutting
down on the number- of employees, Or on the num-
ber of branches of public service being offered by
the county,
In the past there have been some rumblings
about the need for a health unit; certainly there
are sonic who have doubts about the need for an.
emergency .measures organizer; there arc even
those who. would question the need for the book-
mobile service.
But in this instance, there seems to be no
move toward cutting down on staff. Wciuld this
indicate that we are moving even further along the
road to more civil service? in the battle to cut
down the unemployment figures, have we all agreed
that an additional clerk to look after paper work
is justified?
In any case, we compliment the county
councillors upon their wisdom in refusing' to build
more office space, We would hope that they will
be able to solve the problem in other ways.
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l2EVoN PHQ.N.E: 26.1 EXETER
VolkswagenJoins
Big Three
OVER ONE MILLION
VOLKSWAGENS PRODUCED
IN 19 61!
For the first time, a Eurceeeen automobile menu,
facturer has joined the ranks of the "big three".
Volkswagenwerk of West Germany announced pro-
duction figures for 1961 which brought the relatively
young firm into third place, behind General Motors and
Ford. According to the factory, 1,006,782 Volkswagens
came off the assembly line in 1961, an increase over the
previous year of better than 115,000 vehicles.
Highlight of the year was the production of the
five millionth Volkswagen. This figure is most impressive
considering that it took ten years to produce the first
million Volkswagens. The fourth million came off the
assembly line in November, 1960, and the five millionth
was produced just one year later.
The export market accounted for 50 per cent of
Volkswagen sales with 580,210 vehicles exported to 132
countries in 1961. Apparently stiffening of competition did
not bother Volkswagen, particularly in the United States,
where one out of every two imported cars were Volks•
wagens. Waiting lists still exist in many parts of the
world, and in spite of the considerable expansion of pro-
duction and facilities the factory has been unable to cope
with the increasing demand.
During 1961 the VW, 1500, new luxury sedan in the
expanding Volkswagen line, began assembly and by the
end of the year 200 VW 1500's were being made each
day. This compares with daily production of 4,200 Volks-
wagens,
The new year has begun with an increasing demand
for the ever-popular Volkswagen and as production of the
larger VW 1500 reaches its scheduled amount, the sales
outlook is very favourable,
In Canada, Volkswagen remained the best-selling
imported car. Canada is one of Volkswagen's best cus-
tomers and it is only the importing of Volkswagens into
this country that maintains a balance of trade with West
Germany,
In spite of this, Canada continues to sell more than
it imports, During 1962, Volkswagen expects to continue
its excellent sales record in Canada and Mr. Werner
Jansen, Managing Director of Volkswagen Canada Ltd.,
says, "We believe the VW 1500 will be well accepted in
Canada where many small car owners would like to
move up to something larger and more luxurious," The
new VW 1500 will be on sale to the Canadian public about
the first of March.
Hunter Duvar
Phone 38 LTD. Exeter
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D-Day for telephone users in Exeter is Sunday,
February 18, As you'll react elsewhere in this paper,
around 2 a.m. an that date the old manual equipment
will be disconnected and the new automatic switching
equipment will go into operation,
Time has run out for the technicians and craftsmen
completing preparations for the dial "cutover", es we at
the Bell call it. Some of our customers may have noticed
activity at our new dial building on Carling Street during
recent evenings. Installation and testing of the intricate
and complex dial and Direct Distance Dialing equipment,
designed especially for the needs of this community, had
to be stepped up in order to meet the deadline. Now all
the equipment has been tested and is ready to serve
telephone users in 5xeter,
The two years of planning and preparation that
were necessary to bring modern dial service here Were
exciting and satisfying to the hundreds of us at the
Bell who were involved,
We think that you will find 'hew and interesting
ways to use your telephone with dial service—it's efficient
and easy. Direct Distance Dialing will put you in touch
With hundreds of cities and towns in North America with
just a few extra turns of the dial,
Of course it's important that you Biel both your
local and long distance calls carefully. But if you do make
an error in a DOD call, ask thg party who answers what
city you have reached, thee simply inform one of our
long distance operators, She thee make out a credit slip
for your account,
Although your calls will Ile longer be coneected by
Operators, there will still be operators at your service,
They'll .be available to handle calk for "Information"
and calls from people who Might be having trouble using
the dial.
Bette-Mbar, you get detit2le
value on station-to-station long
distance calls of 19 minutes or
more between any two points
within Ontario. and .Quebec after
9 phri, any evening, .It's our new
"hlight•Econotny" Ptah. ... the
lowest-cost long_ distance plan
Ott _offered to Deli th8t.OhtetS!
T4 first five. minutes are charg-
ed at low night rates; there's no
extra, charge lop the second five
Minutes, After that, beefy two
additional tninotee are charged as one. Remeleber
that rates for daytime etetioes4teetetiee long distance tans
are down. Regular
e lse
„night rates beginning
at '0 p.m. have else been reduced., fake advauttigd of
these he W low EnjOy aStelepheec Alert by long
distance „ it's The next best thing to heiug there. With
the intreduction of DDD on February is, you will be able
to dial your own station-to-station
ly some of our brave new na-
tions would lead the way in
such progressive social meas-
ures as: homes for unwed fa-
thers; a free .fix a day for dope
addicts; handy-dandy divorce
by vending-machine,
* * *
There'd be a bit of confu-
sion at first, of course, finan-
cially. People would. have to
do without their beer when the
baby bonus cheques failed to
appear, This, however, could
be solved by having the new
governments distribute free
beer once a month.
But the real beauty of the
scheme is this. Do you realize
that instead of being a big, fat,
prosperous, peaceful country,
we could suddenly become a
whole mess of small, poor,
struggling, aggressive coun-
tries? All we'd have to do is
abolish the income tax, then
sit back and scream for help,
and the 'Yanks would rush in
enough foreign aid to keep us
in luxury.
f4;
I have been sitting on aria of
the green benches in St, Pet-
ersburg, Florida, in front of
the Orange .Blossom cafeteria
just watching the people come
and go and reflecting on what
a wonderful place this is for
so many people who are well
on in years.
it is wonderful because St.
:Petersburg caters to the older
class citizens and there seems
to be something special every
day for their entertainment,
But the most important thing
of all is the sunny weather.
Two or three times a day ra-
dio broadcasts from Canada
announce the weather condi-
The Reader
Comments
Lauds council
To the editor,
'Re your report in the Febru-
ary 8, 1961 issue, "Council re-
fuses central. PS funds": First
let me thank you for reporting
the meeting of the school area
board and Osborne council in
such detail. What better way
for the ratepayers of Osborne
to get information on the move
for a Central PS,
It is noted that all members
of the school board favored no
vote on the debenture issue for
$180,000. Why time board should
wish to silence the people who
will pay the shot is beyond the
understanding of this writer.
Also why is the inspector Mr.
Goman so set against a vote?
It is alarming, to say the least
that a government official and
our elected represeetatives
should try to take away our de-
mocratic right. If we have not
democracy at municipal level,
then what chance have we of
having it at all?
Congratulations to Reeve
Frayne for voting to respect
the right of the -people, A fur.
thee bouquet to Councillor Del-
mer Skinnee who is definitely
in favour of central school but
also realizes the right of the
people to be heard.
Councillor Etherington asks
why the school board should
have to sell the merit of a Cen-
tral. School, May i answer with
a further question — "Why
shouldn't they?" As elected
SO YEARS AGO
Mr Thos. Kernick returned
last week from his trip to Brit-
ish Columbia edth Mr. T. Hand-
ford's car of horses. The trip
out took 24 days,
Mr. John Colwill has sold
his farm Con. 2 Stephen to
Mr. Powe of near Liican for
the sum of $7,900. lie gets pos-
session April 1.
Mr. Wes Horne, Elimville,
while coming home from Exe•
ter on Saturday was thrown
cut of his cutter while going
through a pitch-bole and had
his face badly scratched,
Mr, Thomas DAsh•
Wood, has placed a new Bell
piano in his home,
The Main Street choir drove
to Bethany on 'Sunday and took
part in the evening service,
Mr, C. H. Hooper has moved
to the house he recently pity-
chased on the corner of John
and AnditeW streets,
25 YEARS AGO
At a meeting of the Jellibr
tetniers held at Zurich, Rev,
W. A, Young gave a well-
thought-out address on "What
Is Wrong With raritiaey'
The Exetee Coneeet Weld
provided a musical eMicert in
Leevitt'e Theatre Sunday Ore.
nag after the church services,
A Oita duet was played by
Alvin Lindeefield and -Agee
A eapatity ,house gave an
enthusiastic reception to the
:First open rneetio„,4,i of the Ste.
le Literary Society., Male
St. United Church. Their eWil
seven -OW orchestra under
Meshed XIutripp played While
the audience Wee etseniblieg
acid in the Priegitiel,
A vocal duet was swig by
lleleiS SIP4 Anti itorgari, 'uncial
trio by Grant Taylor,Jarek
I110166 And Mttreay Moore-,
SiOattette by Pauline rollick,
Elliott,aiel tr.thel kydd arid
Eileen Webb,'
The plaV "The' tithee'S
Candlesticks" Wite eteged with
kh: ihttOdUdtiOh Milted
Meta and talth,1 patt: Ritton
Whet, Tiirbarra Atkinson,
DellOridge; Marion Glad.
dons 111th snowstormsand be-
low zero weather.
Here in Lime south the tempe-
rature has been 70 degrees or
a little higher during the mid-
dle ot the day dropping to the
middle fifties at night.
I have been. wondering just
what it means to the majority
of people down here, now past
70 anu even 80 years of age
who are able to be .out 'and
around and participating in
some of the amusements.
For instance the St, Peters-
burg shuffleboard club has
over 3,000 members and many
of the enthusiasts are on the
courts before nine o'clock in
the morning, I would judge
that the majority of players
are over 70 yeers. A great
many are widows or widow-
ers, While a great many play
shuffleboard an equal number
enjoy various kinds of card
games in several large roams.
But referring to the people
I sat and watched in J'ront of
the Orange Blossom cafeteria,
they were a most interesting
lot mostly past the allotted
span of life, Many of them
were m arried couples depend-
dant one upon the other, Many
women were in groups of two
or threes, the latter apparently
enjoying life.
The Orange .Blossom is only
one of a number of cafeterias
that cater to the tourist trade
and at meal times there is
usually a line of patrons await-
ing their turn. The choice of
food is excellent and prices are
not high,
The cafeterias are mostly pa-
tronized by roomers . in the
city and are distinct and apart
from the many hotels that
cater to their patrons.
representatives of the people it
is their duty to sell any idea
or plan they consider to be for
the public good.
Councillor Westcott implies
that the whole issue on deben-
tures should be left to the
school board. Realizing this is
Mr, Westcott's first year on
council, I am sure he will be
much wiser by the time lie
serves about five years,
Finally, ratepayers of Os-
borne, let us be thankful for
men like George Frayne, Ward
Vern and Delmer Skinner on'
01117 council, The next time you
see them don't he afraid to tell
them so.
— Please turn to page 3
15 YEARS AGO
Over 400 attended the annual
at home dance of Exeter High
School on Thursday night,
The Jane s, MacNaughton
Seed Co. has moved into their
new building, and commenced
operations this week.
Me, H. H. Whyte, superin-
tendent of rural hydro for the
Lucan district, who was all
active Scoutmaster of the 'Ex-
eter Troop while here, is re,
viving Scouting in. Lucan,
Miss Lenore Norrnington of
Ilensall, won the shield for
girls in the Lions ora torical,
Contest for this zone, She will
now represent the zone at a
district contest in Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs, Peter Kraft,
Dashwood, will celebrate the.
63th anniversary of their mar-
raige. Mr. Kraft will be at in
the spring,
iris Shirley Stock, who has
coMpleted het' course et the
Grey Beauty School, has opefl
ed up a shop oil Andrew St,
10 YEARS AGO
10 YEARS AGO
C, T3, Symohd8, (abbe
Company manager, said 138
phones had been added in Ex-
eter Mt, making a betel of
.1080,
Miss leetle Scott, HeriSail
night telephone operator foe 41
years, has retired,
"Matelle! 'Taylor` Vat named
queen of SHDHS et tiered dance
and was &belied by 1051
leech, Dorothy Polo.
Garnet jOhee has told his
farm to Eileen Lynn Of St.
Pauiii,
Exeter Public Scheel .Board
their 1.95 budget at $31.0130. t.sa,pao less than the reder0
figure Set last year when tho
new :50661 Was first ui opera•
troll.
Rev, Jaints„ AnthellY died at
his home tali ,Exeter On Saturn
deI-le retired. Exeter 1h
10 a
otvtlle
H 'Portia Is re-
.ellortelling the Peoples Cash
51tos 6tore,
There's a movement, and a
fairly strong one, afoot in Que-
bec these days. Its adherents,
I a b d "Separatists", are
urging that La Belle Province
secede from the rest of Cans
a.,64 and establish a separate
French nation on the shores of
the St. Lawrence.
I don't know the ins and outs
of it, but, personally, I think
it's a splendid idea. In fact,
not only do I wish them well,
but I hope the scheme be-
comes a trend that will sweep
North America, It's the only
thing .that can break up the.
vast,. neat blocks into which
this -continent. is divided, and
give us a :iodgeepodge of un•
tidy, Interesting little states,
countries and principalities,
-such as the other continents
boast.,
As, ear as I can see, breaks
ing 'Canada down from 10
huge, indigestible chunks of 40
or 50 juicy, ligestibie mor-
sels would sceee most of our
problems in a twinkling.
first of all, it might stop
cnitured Europeans and dis-
gruntled homehrews from ar-
tieleS 'about the good, gray
Canadians, those unimagiria-
tree, conservative, colorless
people who live somewhere
north of Detroit, nursing their
inferiority complex. I get so
sick of this slop I could cry.
They couldn't accuse' us of
these negative virtues any
more if we were suddenly
transformed into a seething
mase'of republics, peoples' det
meefaeses. monarchies a e rl
tvIptyriot. Tee see, if this was.
dene, everythine would be dif-
ferent The overpowering dull-
ness of Canadian life would he
ronlaced by the romantic, exo-
tic existence of the other con-
tinents
We'd be able to enjoy such
fascinating things as: revolu-
tions and counter-revolutions;
refugees fleeing across bord-
ers ; students rioting in the
streets; military juntas carry-
ing out coups d'etat; sidewalk
cafes riddled with spies; Uni-
ted Nations aid; abusing the
Americans; and all the other
finer things in life,
Another thin g. Canadians
probably travel more .miles
per year than anyone else, yet
most of us have never been
outside the country. What could
be more boring than to climb
on a train, ride it for a week,
climb off, and still be in the
same country? That's what hap-
pens now.
All this would be changed.
With all our new countries and
borders, a cross-country train
trip would become a thrilling
adventure. We'd need passports
and visas. We'd have to pass
border guards with t o m
guns. Our traveling companions
would be Mysterious Strang-
ers — espionage agents, dip-
lomats' mistresses, wilcideyed
anarchists — instead of talk-
ative elderly ladies going to
visit their daughters, young
mothers with damp, whi ny
children, and exhausted mid-
dieaged men heading /Or home
after the hardware convention.
Unemployment would be
solved overnight. There'd be
countless new government jobs
open in customs, immigration,
post office, treasury, propa-
ganda and secret pollee depart-
ments. Smuggling would pro-
vide a refuge for the few ad-
venturous souls who repudiated
officialdom,
There'd he no more juvenile
delinquency, as half a hundred
armies would provide an out-
let for high-spirited youth. And
a lot of dandy little wars
would keep them on their toes.
But there wouldn't be Much
fighting. Supposing the new
monarchy of Prince Edward
Island declared war on the
new union known as the Uni-
ted Counties of the Ottawa Val-
ley. They'd have to fight their
way through the new nations
of Passamoquoddy, Gasp e,
Beaverbrook and Nova Lauren-
tia, to get at each other.
My plan would hush up those
bores who continually agitate
for a Canadian national an-
them and a distinctive Cana•
dian flag. They'd be too busy
writing anthems and designing
flags for such new. nations as
The Yukon Republi c, The
Peace River Principality,' West-
ern Northern Ontario and
Prince Rupert's Land.
The smashing up of stodgy
old Canada would also give us
a chance to introdute some
fine new social legislation that
the present Federal Govern-
ment refuses to consider, Sure-
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