HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-10-11, Page 4Pitqq 4 'Thq: Tin s.Aduoe.ateO. ct4ber I.
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to the ,PcP0r94 of the. nation, .end that it. levet kite
cleeel freely.. and, without preiudica to preaterve, and improve demo.-
;retie governMent.
Time for .change
This newspaper heartily endorses council's
appointment of a committee to study the opera-
tions of the recreation committee and the cum,
munity centres board with a view toward .reargan-
- ization of the entire recreation program, In the
latter phrase, we're not referring to recreation in
the restricted sense of that which is under the
jurisdiction of the recreation committee; we wouldd,
include, too, the operation of the parks, the arena
and possibly, if the present movement is Success-
the proposed swimming mt.
We submit now. as we hate before. that
all of this comes under the general area of recrea-
7tion and the facilities for it, Frankly, we don't see
how it can be denied that each serves the corn-
. Me purpose.
The unfortunate aspect is that' all these
areas, despite their single purpose, come under
•too many heads. There is no link which combines
them into a correlated program. There is no
authority which provides for the co-operation and
co-ordination of the employees involved in this
program.
The present organization is costly, MOM-
and unproductive of the results which could
,be obtained,
We've suggested before that the recreation
committee and community centre board might %veil
be amalgamated. We think there still is considerable
merit in investigating this possibility, It has been
:,stiggested that the provincial grant structure would
..p.reveht. such a step; we seriously doubt that the
province, providing the desired results are obtain-
ed, would withdraw its support, Certainly discus-
sions with provincial authorities would provide
intelligent answers to the questions.
Upon further consideration, however, we
are not convinced., the amalgamation of the boards
would provide the best solution. Serious considera-
tion should be given to placing the entire program
•in the hands of the PUC if the latter would be
:Willing to take on this responsibility. Some immed-
iate advantages are apparent, It would provide a
line of authority, which is one of the most serious
'needs- of the present system; it woud reduce the
entire program to a single budgeting and a single
grant from town council; it would provide for
efficient and correlated management of the part-
time help required for the program; it would place
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My, isn't it nice to be pure?
Isn't it satisfying to sit back
and deplore? Isn't it grand to
be a clean-cut, liberal-minded,
unprejudiced, tolerant Canad-
ian, when racial strife breaks
out in another country?
I couldn't help congratulating
myself, when I read about that
ugly display of race hatred at
the University of Mississippi,
on being a citizen in the land
of the maple leaf, the rye
whiskey, the devaluated dol-
lar, and the naked Doukhobor.
If there's one thing we Can-
adians are, it's completely
tolerant of rates, religions and
colors different from our own.
It'A pretty heart-warming, I
can tell you, to be a member
of a nation that is utterly with-
out prejudice.
I don't know why the rest of
the world can't be hke us.
Look at those South Africans.
Many of them just hate black
people. Look at those Congo-
lese. Many of them just hate
white people. We don't hate
anybody.
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Oh. we have our little pec-
cadilloes. After all, we're hu-
man. I mean. you can carry
this junk too far. We recognize
the fact, for example, that the
darn. Roman Catholics (or the
heretical Protestants) are nut
to get us under their thumb,
that they've gone too far. at
last, and that they've got to
be stePPed somewhere.
We realize that, while Nea'-
roes are definitely human be-
ings. there's no point in irrit-
ating our American tourists by
letting the black people star
at our tourist resorts. After all,
business is business.
We know perfectly well that
jews are just es good as any-
body. Smart, too. But let's
keep them in the clothing httsi-
ness. They seem to like it.
Let's not allow more than a
few of them into medicine or
dentistry. Let's not have am
of them in our big, national
banks or insurantd cotepanies.
"They're tee dang smart for
their own good.
Speaking of foreigners — of
course, vie don't call them
foreigners, as some people do;
they're ethnic groups, or New
Canadians, or bloody Euro-
peans — 1 don't think there's
another country in the world
that gives them a warmer
welcome. Around election time.
I must admit that it's rather
annoeing that some of these
comparative newcomers to our
country don't seem to get into
the spirit of the thing. Some of
them seem to think that a
afikloski is just as good as a
McCloskey. Not that he isn't
of course. But—well, You know.
A lot of these people don't
seem to realize that our an,-
cestors didn't come out here
just to get out from under the
thumb of sonic old czar or
king, or just to find an easy
place to make a living. They
came out here because there
was a potato famine in Ire-
land. or they were on the dole
in Eneland, or the norridee
was mighty thin in Scotland.
or come thing worthwhile, like
that.
But I think the one thine
that highlights the tolerance
and lack of racial prejudice o'
Canadians. above all others, is
the way we hex e treated our
natter, Indians. This is whore,
the true benevolence of the
broad-minded, Ub^gal - thinkine
Canadian stands out like a-1111
—trinrous nose.
Did we crowd them into tine
?veer% es, ae the :americans
did, after we'd nroved we could
lick them' Well, yea, we did,
actualle, But we paid them
rash for the lands we took
away Well, not exactly AWL
maybe. but a good, lone-term
nromissory note. And do von
knew some of those Indiana
still receive ac imieti as Si '7 7
a rear. IN INTER -PT AI-ONE?
Arid it wasn't that we took
away their mood land. We lust
took a lot of old cattle pasture
and crop land that they weren't
using anyway, and we handed
over to them some dendy
rocky land, end soma good,
fertile swamps, for their re.
servationt.
Do we deny the Indians their
rights? net for a Minute.
Every time we get Involved in
a war, we let there join the
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army, just like white people.
Why, in some of our more
enlightened provinces, Indians
can go in the pubs and get
drunk, just like white people.
And—a final mark of our in-
terest in their welfare—we are
now letting them go to school
with our own children. This
will probably finish them off
quicker than whisky or small-
pox.
Yes sir, it makes you feel
pretty downright warm all
over, when you realize that we
Canadians don't have a pre-
judiced bone in our bodies,
Except, maybe, our headbone.
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brought along a checkerboard
and usually we would get to-
other for a few games. It was
a good hobby and I have enjoy-
ed many hours over a long
period of time,
Even whil e in th e south dur-
ing the winters l have enjoyed
making new friends over a
friendly game of checkers,
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be' the WCTII In Main St. urday Where they have sem' drarth Evelyn Dosierdint ed work hi the sugar beet tallied' off the gold ina al in
factory, elotutien and Shirley Harness
AIM HUM, Wife of Rev, won the silver medal In the
Ernest Hunt of Boston, Mass,, vocal contest.
last week secu'r 'ed a divorce County Clerk N, W, Miller of
front her husband, Itev. and Ooderich has been advised
Mrs. Hunt wore residents of that the Huroe County Scholar-
Exeter for stvetal years, the ships of $100 bath have been
fernier being rector of 'rrivitt awarded to Peter Fre', Ex-
;Memorial Church, eter, and Mies Doris altEivaii,
The Dashwood rural mail Bayfield.
Mr, Harold Whyte, who did
froth
'route commenced on No, 1
hebvto o tteo a Brewstermw 6n, ssiaeottie8re:e.hie‘a,lislteiiii6t otitivotioilrutkoxdatstohi:0)satotety:
fence to the farmers. since moving to Lucan.
Three candidates Were plat- ,
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October -6, Th ey were Janies built by Exeter Li0t18 at Grand
h or g.co osorv, Gossman, Dashwood, sold the Dr. Root.MeliaFriday evening, Ball antync, Liberal;
Hobbs Taylor, TA
Moir, winning ticket. alive, and Dr. Alexander
May W. ta, Cochrane, Independent Temperance, e Councillors Andrew Seelgrove
Sin" t he op e n hil 15 ""and Robert Dinney, and Gerald
elcr has shipped to Manitoba
'Season, Robert Laing Of Es. Dearing and Derry 'Boyle gave ,u, the arena 'woodwork a painting .s
carloads alesatilt lies Wednesday 'afternoon, The edit- fore the season is eii° i t is mittee plans to paint all the estimated he, will heve woodwork with voluntary labor peel from tlzeter station atone hefo-r n o opening following
31 carloads, the installation of artificial ice. A choral society was formed Sam putt h ey, found er be th e
lrr Crediten with conductor, W Fletcher t Institute, gave the
Geulding, Exeter. Twenty second his l et:tures on publi c
Member§ have already joined, relations at the Exeter Legion
A cement walk for the new Hall Tuesday night.
street joining Main and CVilliaiti The moth anniversary of
jrig't
streets north of Dr. l3rowli
PrOriertY \VAS laid last in lalieliwodd will• be held -on
- ri ots evangelical.1 'Clitirdli
50 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO
The fowl supper given in the Discontinued during the war
Ceediteri Evengelical church in the interests of economy
shed Thursday night was a dual license plates will apakar
success, Over $300 was collect, again on Ontario vehicles in
ed, 1918.
Henry Mott and son Will left Yet the ltte dal contest its sing.
for Sabeweirig, Mich, on Sat- lag and elocution sponsored
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With more school buses on district roads
this year, area drivers should be aware of new
regulations under the Ontario highway traffic act
which require vehicles to stop behind a school bus,
and. to stow down when they are meeting .one,
which is discharging or receiving school children.
Bo Guenther, owner of E ceter Coach
Lines Ltd., which operates the high school trans-
portation system, reports a number of drivers
either aren't aware of the regulations or aro de-
liberately avoiding them. For both groups, it should
be .pointed out that the provisions call for a loss
of four points upon conviction of the offence:.
To make sure the regulations are under-
stood, The Times-Advocate herewith publishes the
appropriate regulations;
"12 (2) Where a school bus is stopped on
a highway outside a city, town, village, police vil-
lage or built-up area for the purpose of receiving
or discharging school children, the driver of a
vehicle,
(a) when overtaking the school bus on the
rear of winch the words 'do not pass when bus is
stopped' are marked and two red signal-lights are
illuminated by intermittent flashes, shall stop the
vehicle before reaching the school bus and shall
not proceed until the bus resumes motion or the
signal-lights are no longer operating;
thi when meeting on such a highway, other
than a highway with separate roadways, the school
bus on the front of which two amber signal-lights
are illuminated by intermittent flashes, shall re-
duce the speed of the vehicle at a distance of not
less than 100 feet from a school bus to a reason-
able and proper speed having due care for the
safety of • pedestrians and shall so proceed past
the school bus for a distance of not less than 100
feet."
the program under an organization which has
established good management procedures, includ-
ing planning and administrative responsibility, The
more we consider this change, the more we believe
it is the better solution.
However, the main issue is that the admini-
stration of the broad recreation program in this
community needs revision. Council should tackle
it this fall, if it can, before the time comes to
appoint committees and boards for the new year.
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come to a complete stop!"
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The other day I dropped into
the town hall where a number
of retired gentlemen usually
spend several hours each after-
noon playing euchre, I was
asked if I would like to play a
game of checkers. We resur-
rected a checker board, that is
rarely used these days, and we
played away for more than an
hour, Opposite me was Ivan.
Hirtzel, formerly of Crediton,
We did not keep track of our
games, but we figured that we
had been running fairly evenly,
It reminded me of over thirty
Years ago when checkers was
quite a popular game and
tournaments were held between
the players of Crediton, Lucan
and Exeter, There were some
good players in those days. I
remember especially several
tournaments that were held in
the office of John Taylor, a tire
repair man e whose building
stood where Tuckey Beverages
are now located. In Creation
we played in the boot and shoe
store of F. W. Morlock,
For Exeter, Alvin Brintnell,
was one of the best players and
Clinton and James Sweet ran
him a close second, Checkers,
in Exeter, however, dated back
to many more than thirty years.
My first recollections were
early in the century when some
of the old-timers gathered quite
frequently in the shoe repair
shop of Alfred Walters. Among
the players besides Mr. Wal-
ters were Richard Terry, Ed-
ward. Treble, George Eacrett
and Tim Sweet, There was a
great, deal more leisure at that
time for this particular hobby
than there is today.
Among those from Exeter
who participated in the tourna-
ments of the early thirties were
Archie Ryckman, J. S. Grant,
Cliff Brintnell, John Taylor,
John Triebner, Ed, Westcott,
John Elliott, Harry Elivorthy;
from Crediton, William Motz,
Ivan Thetzel, F. W. Morlock,
Clinton Morlock, Herb Fahrner,
0, Ewald, Roy Schenk, Harry
Trick, Chris Rau and others,
Of later years one of the
best checker players in Exeter
has been Rev, J. W. Down.
Mr. Down was quite a checker
player in the west before he re-
tired to Exeter, He took part
in various tournaments in the
west,
One of my most pleasant
recollections with respect to this
once popular game was my as-
sociation with Mr. MacDonald,
editor of the 'Cheeky Enter-
prise and a member of the On .-
tario We were on
a trip to Europe with a news-
paper party and every day on
board boat we would get to-
gether over a checkerboard,
Quite often afterwards, While at- leme and rewards In college
leading a convention, Sir, Mac- teaching.
Donald would enquire if I had Please him to page 3
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