The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-09-06, Page 4Page 4 The Timayotate, fieptembar 1962'
Many a. businessman can sympathize with
14114'Eldon Heywood, who became so fed up with
ggvernment forms, reports, questionnaires and
regulations that she decided to close her nursing
hrnue here.
Every owner of a business today knows the
time., headaches and expenses involved in comply-
ing with government regulations. Sales tax forms,
maiinfacturing tax forms, unemployment insurance
records, workmen's compensation forms. hospital
.iiiStitance records, statistical reports—the list goes
oVad infinitum.
7 .Conscientious businessmen recognize that
the government must have cooperation to provide
itS.services. Al. the same time, government officials
at.;a11 levels should make every effort to avoid 1111-
neeessary and unrealistic demands on private enter-
prise. One area where improvement is necessary is
the development of co-ordination and co-operation
among the various departments and governments
-00—provide simpler regulations and avoid overlap-
Zing.
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1 Good objective
TOWn council and industrial development
corporation are wise' in taking an interest in the
.,.."Manufacturing Opportunities" show Avhich the
Ontario Department of Economics and Develop-
;nicht is staging in Toronto in early November.
The show will consist of displays of products
;low being imported by Ontario industry and which
'ould be manufactured in Canada. Ontario firms
Y« ill be asked if they can produce the same items
-fit a competitive price,
How many products are being imported into
rntario today, which could be manufactured here?
:Not even the officials of the department will hazard
IL guess. but they do come up with some figures IL guess.
should make Ontario citizens take notice.
"We know," says the department," that our
.iiper capita import of goods is about $250 for all
;of Canada. If we in this province could reduce our
„import expenditures by just $100 a person, we
could do $600 million more business in Ontario
,revery year. This money if spent in Ontario, would
:.'increase our gross provincial product by an ad,
,clitional four per cent."
Perhaps more impressive is the department's
7:▪ "estimate of what this would mean in employment-
5roughly 60,000 new jobs a year.
This community could use some of the
;:▪ benefit to be derived from such a development.
Our municipal officials are commended for taking
-a keen interest.
In the same vein, the predominantly agri.
cultural riding of Huron will be pleased to see its
energetic member, Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, assist-
ing 7.." in an intensified campaign to increase the sale
of farm products in the U.K. Mr. MacNaughton
has a zest for the task which was evidenced by
Election funds
The T.A agrees \kith those who .advecate
that election campaign expenses should he paid out
of public funds, with sensible restraints of course.
All Canadians, particularly After the last
campaign, must be well aware that out' electioneer-
ing costs rim into the millions of dollars. They
surely know, too, that those funds, in .the case of
the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals, are
raised by soliciting "donations" from Canadian
business firms. The Nop is financed mainly by
contributions from labor unions. These donations,
obviously, impose obligations on the parties, They
must trade favors for funds,
Premier Jean Lesage of Quebec is attempt.,
ing to pay campaign expenses out of the public
treasury. Other political figures across Canada ad,
mit the system is wrong and agree that a new
approach should be taken. James Seott, a former
Liberal provincial candidate in Huron, and later a
Liberal party official, outlined the problems lir a
series of articles about a year ago and urged that
the public give consideration to the new proposals.
Democracy must be strengthened and thiS
is .one of• the fundamental weaknesses, Some
changes must be made.
Away we go!
Two separate developments this school year
in the transportation of students to educational
facilities as much as 30 or more miles away in-
duces one's Imagination to wonder what the situa-
tion will be many years hence.
This year, Roman Catholic students from
Huron Park will be transported to a separate
secondary school in London. A busload of SHDHS
students will be taken to Clinton daily bi a fore-
runner of the operation of the Robarts plan in
Huron.
By the year 2,000, who knows? Daily air-
craft flights to educational centres in London and
Toronto? Travelling classrooms built by General
Coach at Hensall? Visual instruction in geography
by jet visits over the terrains of this and other
countries?
We are branching out in our physical pro-
visions for education and there'S not much doubt
that industry and science will be able to provide
any type of transportation which may be practical
and beneficial.
We'd be happier, however, if there were
as many changes taking place in the curricular side
of education,
his optimism following a study of the markets in
Europe in 1960. Local citizens will appreciate Mr.
MacNaughton's ability in the sales field through
his successful development of the firm here which
still bears his name—Jones, MacNaughton Seeds.
His constituents will wish him well in this much
broader field,
This newapeper believes: the flobt to tocrreas, 4h eplttlett fn ot.pljc.
terdr*utes te the prOgress of. the .nation ,end that if,mgAt be exer. gised freely, and without improve .derne-
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
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'This is the finest time of
ar for Canadians Collective-
.12 and individually, we are as
3.1.appy as hogs when we
,clamber out of the scramble
;of summer and into the sweet-
gess of September.
Who wouldn't be a school
teacher during the first week
tif September? Those long, bor.
Ing, monotonous two months
gf holidays are finally ended,
',Thank goodness. And there you
ire, as delighted as Daniel in
The lion's den just chuckling
It'ith good spirits as you face
.30 to 40 kids who are just
Imstling with health and hell-
.pery, and who are all ready,
e;asitiling and able to turn you
one big, quivering twitch
matter of weeks,
'Who wouldn't be a farmer
when September rolls around?
Cattle so fat they can scarce-
ly walk Golden grain up to
your navel. Nothing to do but
tog around to fall fairs. Not
a worry in the world. Except
that the bottom might fall out
of the cattle market the day
-rill ship Or a hailstorm will
arrive the day before the com-
bine does.
Who weuldn't be a resort
oeerator in September? Your
pests of guests all vanished
with Labor Day, Nothing to do
but sit around and count the
profits and plan the trip to the
coast. Or count the 10 long
months before there'll be any
more money coming in, and
plan a trip to town to see the
bank manager and make a
payment.
Who tsouldn't be a ' eekly
editor as September dawns
anew? Just back from the an-
nual convention. where you
dined and wined and whined
with the best of them. Feeling
like a skeleton and confronted
with a mass of editorials and
six obituaries to write, rather
surprised that your own isn't
one of them.
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Name one lady A;ho would
not be a mother in the first
few days of good old Septem-
ber. Gone are the dreary clays
of summer, when there was
nothing to do but lie around in
your lawn chair, trying to get
your bosom tanned. Arrived
are the gladsome days when
life begins at 7:30 and the
hours, instead of dragging, are
filled with happy little domes-
tic tasks right through until
you careen into bed at mid-
night.
Yes, indeed, It's a happy,
happy time for one and all,
and lust to add a little extra
fillip to your joy, there Is the
knowledge that winter is com-
ing and your relatives don't
visit you much in winter.
Then, there's the antimpa-
lion of a few weeks of na-
ture's fibest effort in the
weather department. during
the weeks ahead. A chance for
a last fling at the trout, with-
out having to clamber over an
assortment of tourists to get
near a stream. The joyous
realization that the women
have abandoned the golf links.
and the fairways echo only to
the tread of strong, silent, male
golfers. the veins threibbine' in
their foreheads as they fight
back the naughty w nrds.
There is the ineffable :toy of
knowing that the children are
The other day we were talk-
ing about the boys' parliaments
that was held in James St, Unit-
ed Church and by chance I ran
across the program that was
printed for the second boys'
parliament held in October,
1920,
Representatives were elected.
from the various Sunday Schools
in South Huron. They met in
James, St. Church Friday" eve-
ning; held a session of parlia-
Sattirday and attended
church Sunday morning. The
boys_ were billeted in various
homes and a banquet was held,
Lieutenant _Governor for the
occasion was B. W, F. Beavers;
speaker, J. G. Stanbury; deputy
speaker, W, :G. Medd; clerk, J.
N, Southcott.
Acting as prenlier was James
W. Morley and the leader of the
opposition was Maurice Harvey,
now a medical doctor in Sas-
katchewan. One of the tangible
things that grew out of this
parliament was the fact that
James Morley made such an
impression in his capacity as
premier that he entered the
law office of J. G. Stanbury,
graduated as a lawyer and. was
.finally appointed Crown Attor-
ney for the County of Huron,
MeMbel'e of Mr. Morley's
cabinet were: Aylmer Christie,
Sam Rannie, Bruce Medd, Harry -
Seldon, Edgar Thomson, Tru-
man Mills.
Members of the government
were, Fred Bowden, Roy .Brock,
Whitney Brokenshire, Mervin
Carom, Peter Case, Ed, Cham-
bers; Rdss Chapman, Harry
Cole, Leonard Haist, Milton Hey,
,Wesley Heywood, Will. Manson,
Elgin McKinley, Clifford Moir,
-Harold Scruton, Ivan. Sharpe,
John Sinclair, Benson' Tuckey,
Russell Webb, -Harold Wood;
Garnet Wildfong.. •
Members of the opposition
were: Ferris Cantelon, Maurice
Coates, Reg Delbridge, Clifton
Davis, Malcolm Dougail, Rob-
ert Elgie, Walter Hauch, George
Hind, Victor Jeffery, Howard
Johns, Sam King, Maurice Neil,
Clinton Morlock, Leneis O'Brien,
Leonard Patterson, Charles
Snell, Stuart Stanbury, Cecil
Stewart, Leslie Turnbull, Rennie
Weber Austin Wheeler,
Sergeant-At-Arms,nesh H b Jo
Guards: Verne R.outston., Ken-
neth Stanbury, Robert Gambrill,
Herman Gower. Pages: Marvin
}Lowey. Clarence Boyle, Wni.
Ellerington, Donald Gladman.
Lth s sohpetroso:. Hedley May, Wilfrid'
For the banquet, Rev. A. A.
Trumper was toastmaster. Wal-
ter Ha eh, Credi toe , proposed
a toast to the King: Stuart Stan-
bury, a toast to Our par)iament:
response,. James Morley and
10 YEARS AGO
The new grain plant of W.
G. Thompson and Sobs, Hen-
salt, includes 18 cement Stor-
Age tanks with a capacity of
100,000 bushels. It replacesthe
mill de'str'oyed by fire last fall.
Well over 100 years since
piOneers first settled in 13lan
shard, an historical celebra-
tion was held in RatmOch last
Friday.
Mrs. Howard lloitzmee won
a new bright green Meteor
car at g special bingo sponsor-
ed by lietisall Legion Friday
night,
C. S. MacIslaugliton, Exeter
businessman, is the first Ives'.
dent of the Progressive-Cori.
servative Association of the
new federal riding of Huron.
15 YEARS AGO
The enrollment at Exeter Dis•
lila High Sabot is 280 this
term. There ere three classes
in. Grades : IX, X and XT, Grade
NL Grae XII and Special.
Commercial. Public School 'pu-
pus are being given shop and
home economics two
members of the staff. for two
hours, tour Morning -a week.
Miss Margaret Dougall has
received certificates giving her
the authority of fully qualified
,specialist in bistrilin ental music
for High &heels and supervis-
ion of Music for public sehoolt,
The Huron Lituther Company
celebrated the opening of their
new OffideS and show Mime
erected oh Main Street.
Mr. Thomas Pry& has told
his fine brick residence an 1 it-
light Street to W. R bOugall,
Renal', and it will be bedupied
by Mr. and Mrs, Douglas Hugh.
Solt,
Maurice Harvey. Our Sunday
Schools was proposed by Wes-
ley Heywood, Eliniville; re-
sponded to by W. G. Medd, The
ladies was proposed -by George
Hind, response, Clifton Davis,
The address of the evening
was delivered by W, H, Vaughn,
YMCA Boys' division, Toronto,
The menu for the evening
was: ham, beef, scalloped .po-
tatoes, cabbage salad, beet
salad. pickles, jellies, rolls, but-
ter apple pie and ice cream,
cakes, coffee, apples, after din-
ner mints.
The Reader
Comments
Test an insult?
To the editor,
r would like to comment on
the "written driver's test" that
one is required to write in order
to obtain an Ontario driver's
licence. I recently wrote one of
these so. called "tests" and I
must admit that it is an insult
to a person's intelligence,
Why, one does not need. to
know the correct answer; lie
only needs to know what is too
ridiculous to be the correct an-
swer. As it stands now, the test
serves only one logical purpose:
a means by which an additional
three dollars is obtained from
each applicant.
I maintain that the "driver's
test" should be .designed, to
measure one's knowledge of the
laws of the road or else be
abolished,
G, G, German,
Exeter,
Appreciation
To the editor,
On behalf of our local Cham-
ber. of Commerce, I wish to
person-ally thank you for your
timely editorial on our Charn-
tier and its reflections to the
surrounding area.
You certainly hit the "nail on
the head" and it couldn't have
been better timed,
Our Association has appreci-
ated having Mr. Batten with us
again this year and have enjoy-
ed working closely with him.
Kindly convey our appreciation
to him.
Once again, grateful thanks
for a pleasant '62,
Very truly yours,
The Grand Bend and Area
Chamber of Commerce
Orval J. Wassmann, Pres.
25 YEARS AGO
Borden Sanders, a fourth
form pupil at the Exeter HS,
attained first east honors in
nine subjects in the recent
examinations.
Miss Elizabeth Carling, tine
of Exeter's oldest residents,
And organist of the first Align-
ten church in Exeter, known
as Christ church, died at her
home, Huron. Street, Saturday.
Mr. Charles Godbolt
posed of his farm, one Mile
east of town. to William Clarke.
Usborrie. Godbolt will
move to the farm across the
road which he recently pur-
chased from the estate of the
late Charles Itheyey,
James Ballantyne, who for
the past three and a half years
has reeresented Ilueon in the
Ontario legislature, was again
the choice At a Liberal con.
Yention held in Heron Wed-
nesday-.
SO YEARS AGO
A large number of people at-
tehded the meeting in Male
Street Methodist Owen Tues-
day evening when Dr. S. Percy
Westaway, and Exeter Old toy,
and returned missionary trent
China, gavea talk on Missions
in that country.
Miss Kathleen Stewart and
Miss Beatrite. 11.6Wey attended
the wedding.of Miss Lillian
Antos 'of formerly of
Exeter.
Miss M. E. Breneit, Mind Of
Harper Hospital, Detroit alter
a Month's holidays at her home,
returned to resume lief duties,
The Peach Social given in the
Methodist Creditott, .teak
teedeaS,, A grogram 'rafted
when Miss jean Walker, as
treaders pleased the audience,
back under the benevolent
wings of the educational and
social systems; that for the
next 10 months they'll be com-
pletely- and happily occupied
with homework, Cubs, Brown-
ies, Sunday School, parties,
music lessons and what-have-
you, and that you won't have
to take them for a blasted
swim or picnic or something
every time you show yourself
around the rancho.
/Is
Oh, there's a certain sad-
ness in the knowledge that
summer is over, but that lasts
only a day or so. Any red-
blooded Canadian knows deep
in his boots that summer is
not real, but merely a state
of mind, .that it has no more
substance, no more staying
power in this true north strong
and free, than a pleasant
drea m,
Summer is strictly for wo-
men, children and tourists.
For men, it's just a matter of
running in circles for 60 days,
and getting not only hot, but
nowhere, Come September, the
average Canadian male comes
into his own, He breathes a
sigh of relief, gets that well-
worn shoulder to that familiar
wheel, and begins to enjoy
life, instead of merely plung-
ing about like a dart in a wind-
storm, as he does in July and
August,
As the Imes" go by
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