The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-02-22, Page 4Don.
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PH .215,1171. EXETER
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Not th e same
This new.spepee .tspligyaa .tha. 00.4 ta express an pplolon in puhllc
contributes to the prowess et the nation and that it must b;. eser.
:ciAStd freely end without praivacit. to 1310,VY.S., 414 improy*
erotic g,gyernment,
.took below
It's just not the same, is it?
instead of a human voice .there—that flex-
ible instrument that can portray all sorts of natural
-,emotions and temperments—it's a cold. inanimate
object which operates with spinning efficiency.
Yes, we like it. This new dial. cemllitinka-
tion system is a marvel. It makes no mistakes—
we can't blame anyone else. It's a good example
of this automation we're developing.
But, as some people predicted before dial
came in., we miss the ,gals on the other end. Yes,
we .criticized them and they criticized. us. We
thought they could have been more efficient. ...Vnd
they, no doubt, thought we could have been more
:co-opera.tive. Seine of the operators were court,
eous, others gruff. The same could be said .two,
fold for the customers.
Perhaps now's the time, before the operator
system becomes a memory, to say thanks to these
"voices", They've done an excellent job over the.
-years—many of them serving far beyond the call
of duty. The community is grateful, girls.
Farm rate high
Speaking at the fourth annual conference
of the Ontario Farm Safety Council in Toronto
recently, Agriculture Minister W. A. Stewart as-
serted that the record of fatal accidents on Ontario
farms is about three times the traffic fatality
record in Metropolitan Toronto.
Records show there were 293 farm fatalities
in Ontario in 1960. in addition to this there were
336 permanent injuries and 3,688 temporary in-
juries reported during the twelve-month period.
According to Mr. Stewart, more than $700,000 was
paid out in medical bills and there was $3.254.000
in property damage due to these accidents.
As a result of the seriousness of the farm
accident picture, the program of the Farm Safety
Council has been given a priority rating in the
extension section of the department of agriculture.
as part of a two-prong attack aimed at a better
economic position for Ontario farmers.
We know many of our readers take their
sprinkling of '"Sugar and Spice" every week, 1-low,
ever, we'd like to make sure as many as possible
digest this week's .eolumn by an obviously un-
smiling Smiley.
You don't even have to turn the page, Just
lower your glance a few inches. The topic should
in terest you.
We'll be happy to print your opinion—if your
forward one.
Urges changes
The Moderator of The United Church of
Canada thinks that churches should update their
forms of worship,
In an address prepared for the annual
meeting of the United Oburch's Board of Evangel-
ism and Social Service, Dr. McLeod said: "We need
new insights and fresh melodies in worship today,
if not in structure, then in expression. We need a
language of prayer and a use of symbols , .
which speak to modern man, and help him to ex-,
press powerfully and meaningfully his thanks, his
petitions and his intercessions to the God who
made him and has redeemed him."
"We need, especially," he continued, "a
liturgy which is truly a liturgy in that it gives the
people something to say and do in the worship
so that they may no longer be passive spectators.
in the worship of the church we all, both minister
and people, have a liturgy. We are there, not just
to receive, but to give—to give God thanks, to
present to Him our concern for ourselves and
others, to give Him ourselves,"
Dr. .McLeod said that liturgy does not stop
when the church service is over but goes on out
in the world of buying and selling, of working
and playing.
Preaching, stated Dr, McLeod, is dependent
on the gift of God. "No techniques of sermon
craftsmanship, no brilliancy of oratorical utterance,
can replace Him."
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Sugar and Spice
dispensed by Bill Smiley
the answers? Let's have a fo-
rum on it. Many intelligent,
thoughtful people read this col-
umn. What do you think? IS
suspension of non-workers in
high school a positive or neg-.
ative approach? What alterna-
tives are there? Let's hear
your opinions, Send them along
to the editor of your local pa-
per, and we'll thrash this
thing around until we get
everybody hopping mad,
The Reader
Comments
Official replies
To the editor:
Will you kindly allow me
space to reply to the letter ap•
peering in your newspaper last
week,
Mr, Reynolds is concerned
lest he lose his democratic pri-
vileges. Osborne school trust-
ees held a series of information
meetings on the central school
question last spring. With one
exception, a majority present at
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By W. H A. (BIl..1.) THOMAS
The prophets who have been
forecasting a pre-Easter elec-
lion have cooled off a hit, 'The
guesses are now for May or
aurae, An election in May would
make dissolution come in
March, The house is continu-
ing to work the legislative pre,-
gram into the statute books
while bolding in abeyance the
remaining four days of the
Throne Speech debate,
Sonic people are looking for-
war , to a sunshine election
budget which will offer sonic
relief to the heavily burdened
taxpayer. There is no doubt
that the Government, espe-
cially on the eve of an elec.
lion, would love to cut taxes
if they could see their' way
clear to do it, but I fear that
tax cuts would be difficult to
justify in the face of our hea-
vy financial deficit.
Tht, deficit has resulted from
the pump-priming policies that
government has been following
to get the economy speeded
up. Unemployment a year ago
was very bad and the Govern-
moot found' it necessary to sti-
mulate the economy through
various means which necessi-
tated the investment of a
great deal of money,
Building was stimulated by
lowering the down payments
and increasing the loan value
on homes, Farm and business
loan funds were increased to
promote building and business
expansion. The foreign ex-
change rate on Canadian dol-
lars was lowered to stimulate
exports and discourage imports
so as to improve our balance
of trade. The scope of the In-
'dustrial. Bank was expanded to
include all kinds of businesses
instead of a restricted list as
formerly. Money was loosened
up to encourage general busi-
ness expansion,
Policies paid off
These policies have paid off.
Our foreign trade reached a
balance, the economy is fairly
buoyant. The percentage of un-
employed has dropped, Employ-
ment is not plentiful enough
yet but further improvement
is hoped for. This expansion
50 YEARS AGO
Bread and cakes took quite
a drop in the village (Centra-
lia) on Tuesday afternoon
when the horse drawing the
bread sleigh of A, E. Follick,
Exeter, tried to exceed the
speed limit. The sleigh was
upset and badly broken while
the cream-colored pony ran
about half a mile before it was
caught.
Aft'. G. E. Anderson has
made a handsoMe trophy for
competition among the local
curlers.
Mr. Charles Lindenfeldt last
week purchased the residence
on William S. of Miss Polly
Fisher,
Charles Zwicker, era] ton ,
made some big shipments of
seed this week to outside
points.
Rev. Peter Strang, who has
been visiting his brother, Hen-
ry of Iturondale, left Tuesday
morning for Winnipeg where
the degrc.2 of D.D will be
conferred upon him,
Miss Ida Delarehand of Strat-
ford Normal, was home for the
Weekend,
25 YEARS AGO
Tuesday evening a receptiOn
Was held at Farquhar Ball N-
MI', and and Mfrs, Layette
Stone.
Mr, Harold Bonthron, lien-
sail, wile is attending Picker-
'rig College at Newmarkcl i
spat the weekend at his home.
Owing to lack or ice the
opemig o1 the Exeter Arena
has been postponed to Friday,
:Feb. 26,
Mr, William Gossman of the
take Road returned Saturday
evening !Mtn a hiteOlkitig
trip to ,Montreal and Ottawa,
Ite worked his way by shar.
poning WW1's,
Mr, Chester Mewhinney of
Crediton was hi 'Toronto last
,reek attending the good roads
co"i veli ti out,
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua JOhtia
and d'Aughto, AlMa, are
MOVing ter Prxeteli this sprifig.
Mr, and Mrs, Gordon POtilitild
have liotllli6 the Johns' farm,
program has resulted in a hea-
vy deficit but our economy,
should benefit in the future
and the revenue resulting from
the expanded business should
take care of the deficit,
It doesn't look logical, how-
ever, to cut taxes until the
revenue improves unless such
tax cuts are designed to fur-
ther stimulate business and
create more jobs.
The estimate for the new fis-
cal year beginning April 1,
1962, include $30,000 for the
new Licari Post Office,
$110,000 for the Strathroy Post
Office and a total of 3200,000
for the Parkhill Dam, lt is ex-
pected that work on all three
projects will get underway this
spring.
Sponsors two bills
Yours truly has two private
bills on the order paper. One,
repeated from last year, aims
to make pipe lines operating
under federal charter subject
to provincial drainage laws. It
is a good bill anti has consid-
erable support among the ru-
ral members
The National Energy Board
an d the government. however,
wish to give it more consider-
ation before committing them.
selves to it. Last year we
talked it out. if it comes up
again this y car we expect to
talk it out again. We intend.
however, to keep at it, or to
keep someone else at it, until
action is taken,
Seeks fair treatment
Our second bill aims to pro-
vide the Board of Transport
'Commissioners with the neces-
sary authority to compel rail-
way companies to treat adja-
cent property owners with rea•
sonable, fairness when they
abandon railway lines.
The New York Central left
their right of way in a had
mess when they abandoned
their Courtright branch last
spring
The Board of Transport Com-
missioners has no authority to
cope with such a situation, Our
bill aims to give this board
the authority they need to en-
force fair treatment to adja-
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15 YEARS AGO
Farm Forums were held
Monday night at Lumley School
and at tile homes of Mr. and
Mrs. Glbert Johns, Mr. and
Mrs, T, Ballantyne and Mr,
and Mrs. C. Allen.—Thames
Road news,
Mr, W. lt, Hodgson has
been appointed secretary of .the
Exeter Public School Board at
a salary of $175 per year.
Thi Red Cross campaign
commences across Canada on
Monday next for $5,000,000.
The Huron County road com-
mission at a meeting in Gode.
rich on Tuesday authorized
Purchase of 17 garages at the.
Port Albert airptrt. They will
be used for equipment.
Mr, and Mrs, G A„leckell
are visiting .with the forma's
sister, Miss Laura Jeckell. Mr.
Jcekell is Coetroller of the
Yukon Territories,
A new Canadian A cent
stamp will be issued shortly
to commemorate the Centen-
ary of the birth of Alexander
Graham Bell
10 YEARS AGO
Ladies of Teivill Memorial
Women's ser v ed
over 1,000 pancakes at their
annal Shrove Ttiestley supper,
Forty three tables were in
play et the bridge and euchre.
held in the former Carting
house sponsoftd by txoter
Chapter OES The objective IS
to furn;sh Soeth tlu-
roe Hospital which will soon
he mike consteectiOil on the
Cerling property!
Doti Taylor and EvelYe Shar•
row Vera vitinees in Oh junior
public school speaking contest.
Agnes Dray. ,leanna Mate.
Mild, Jane harrow, Jocelyn
howdy and . Marion Sanders,
pupils of Mrs, Nancy Tra-
qUah, were successful in pas
sing Grade I t examinatiori8 of
the Royal "observatory of
(kid,
Mr. C. V. Pickard Moved on
TuesdaY 10 the iftelliiSes ter-
nicely occupied by the late, J.
P, tovoy
('vdr l390 parents visited
treir childret and children 's
teachers hi cusses at the hew
Public ScheOPS heat open
hettse Wednesday afternoon,
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There's been quite a fracas
recently in one Canadian tom n
over its school policy toward
repeaters. Bone of contention
is the suspension from high
school of seven pupils. Each
was repeating his vear, 'each
was over 16. and all Avere
giVen the gate "for habitual
neglect of duty."
This particular incident oc-
curred in Wiartun, , Ont., and
as a former editor of the best
old weekly newspaper in
IViarton and a present school
teacher, I followed the clash
with more than usual interest.
It began with a red herring,
when the mother of one of the
suspended pupils charged the
principal with discrimination
because the girl in question
was an Indian. I knew Ulla
was poppycock, but held my
peace.
Sure enough, the charge was
vigorously countered in the
next issue, not by the princi-
pal, but by the students, They
claimed that Indian students
took part in all school activi-
ties and were treated with
equality and respect in the
classrooms. The letter also
pointed out that there were
five non-Indian pupils sus-
pended.
* *
The chairman of the board
backed the principal by quot-
ing chapter and verse under
which the youngsters were
skown the door. A former cler-
gyman in the parish, now
teaching in a U.S. college.
wrote a hot defense of the
principal's action, claiming it
was not only good for the stu-
dents suspended but for the
others as well, Still* another
letter roundly abused the prin.
cipal for his stand.
Important thing to come out
of the scuffle was not the dis'
erimination charge, which was
p.'tent nonsense, but the fact
that a principal and a school
board had the nerve to pena-
lize by suspension a number of
pupils who were not pulling
their weight.
It's no secret that there's a
percentage of students in eve-
ry School which falls into this
category. For various reasons
— parental indifference., psy-
etiological problems, or just
plain lassitude — they refuse
to work. Many of them have
average, some above-average.
intelligence.
Some of them are content
to sit all day like vegetables,
drowsing. dreaming, doodling.
They are no trouble to any-
body and no use to anybody.
Others, more lively, but just
as adamant in their rejection
of work. spend their time in a
running battle with authority.
They have a compulsion to at-
tract attention. These are the
discipline problems, the peo-
ple who disturb other pupils,
the people elm push some tea-
(eters every year into nervous
breakdowns.
* * *
What's to be done with these
people? In my day, t h e y
drifted out of school by a na-
tural process. and found a job,
Most of them became reason-
ably useful members of soci-
ety. Some did very well in
business and industry, when
they shook off the dust of the
classroom.
But they're facing today a
society that neither wants nor
needs them. Heavy machinery
and automation have gobbled
laborers' and factory jobs,
Employers demand ever-higher
educational standards.
Remember that we're speak ,
ing. not of slow learners, but
of those with normal intelli-
gence who won't work. I don't
have the answers, but I do
think som • kind of drastic ac-
lion should be taken if their
abilities are not to be wasted,
if they are not to become a
permanent burden on society.
Should these young people,
whatever the reason for their
refusal to vvork, he allowed to
disrupt the system, set a bad
example to others, and gene-
rally act as a brake on . the
educational process? They
would not he tolerated in busi-
ness. industry or the armed
forces. After high school. they
are no longer babied. At uni-
varsity, technical school, nur-
sing school. those who refuse
to work are plowed wider, and
nobody weeps for them,
Faced with the same prob-
lems of over-crowding and staff
shortage as our schools, even
our hospitals meet them
squarely. Beds are for sick
people, not for those who feel
like a rest. Out you go unless
you need hospital care.
Would leer of being kicked.
out of school for failure to
work have the desired effect
on the lazy, the emotionally
disturbed, and the others who
make up this indigestible lump
in our high schools? Or would
it have no more effect on them
Ihan the constant cajoling. ur-
ging and threatening they now
undergo, both at home and at
school?
Should they all be turned out
of school into the cold, cruel
world at 16? Should they all
be psychoanalyzed? S h o u I d
their parents be fined or sent
to jail if the kids don't achieve
a passing mark? Or would any
such drastic action leave a stig-
ma upon them which they
would never overcome?
Lots of questions, Who has
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