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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-01-10, Page 2i-2 1^1 CO, CCA4) 0) King Featores Sy:idler Inc., 1962. World rights reserved. Times Established 1873 Advocate* Established 1881 Amalgamated 104 SERVING CANADA'S ow FARMLAND PAismber: C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A., C.C.N.R. and ABC . ow 0,-, :arie-sf EDITORIALS Pa tackles' an important job LE 1#1 N OX9,,wspe .RANciEopo HEATING and . .CICOOL,ING. GUEST OPINION on religious education. 'n.ot the school's duty BY REV. BEEN DE VRIES, RECTOR OF TRIVITT MEMORIAL ANGLICAN CHURCH • your 'round luxury • Save 20% on fool • Complete comfort-, room-to-room 11.,RAD10.1/911( REGISTEHED Lennox .ntilproont is used In *no homes tomorrow because they provide complete comfort .along exceptional .economy. The fuel .eau- ings of Lennox may ,surprise you. But because the hixurry features of Lennox Are designed to trim costs As much as they are to deliver coot, Mete' comfort, your .payings add up to $500 or inore.it .h99:41;rimOipirr .gaairs aetrind, electric . furnaces to eirose- from, Or. di ni tIOl ng combination w units. Phone for complete Informatlee and free estimates. Lindenfields Limited Phone 235-2361 Exeter Religious edncation in public scheels? Before attempting to answer this question I must make it clear that the opinion exprep- sed here is my own and does not necessarily teflect the of- ficial stand of the Anglican Church of Canada of which I am a clergyman. Throughout the Christian Churcb much has been made of the great commission of our Lord, which we find in the closing words of St. Matthew't Goppel, where Jesus said: "Go , TEACH all nations," etc. This is the gospel of the teach- ing church. A Christian may be called upon to bear witness at any time. Thit is I suppose the reason for having religious edu- cation in our public schools. Yet there are many obstacles: First, there are so many divi- sions among C hr i st tans and secondly we are only nominally a Christian nation. Our public Make sure your family Since The T-A has urged for some time the establishment of a more cofordinated. or, Ionization to administer the various facets' ,Of recreation in this community, we .strongly port town councils new "RAP". .committee., "RAP", for those who didn't read about its creation by town council last year, stands. for recreation-arena-parks. The new commit- tee, to be composed of seven members {two from council, five from the community), will administer all three programs. We 'believe the committee can do an ef, feetive job in combining the three operations. into an efficient,, smooth-running program which will improve the 'important recreation picture in this community, It may take SQffie time, it may require some bold moves, and it may have to overcome some strong opposition but the committee can do it if it sets its mind to the task. It's true, as one member of the council pointed out, the committee has a big task. Proper leadership and active members are a prerequisite to fulfilling the job, So, too, is understanding, co-operation and support from all citizens as well as helpful direction and en- couragement from town council. schools are tax,tupported and attended by Christians and non- Christians, Protestants, Catho- lics and Jewt. I feel that it is impettible to teach religion to such o variety of religious back- grounds. These who are anxious to have teaching ABOUT religion in the schools (not to be confused with trying to indoctrinate the chil- dren with sectarian beliefs), argue that every other great ialluenee and trend of today is presented in the schools—eco- nomics, history, literature, art and music--but religion as part of our mature is Ignored, al- though a good percentage of our population go to church. Since denominational schools are not feasible for economic reasons as well as the dif- ficulty of getting properly trai- ned teachers, and since the pre- sent form of instruction is un- satisfactory--it is not fair to the majority as well as to the minority--I would like to "RAP" begins with two experienced, full- time employees an its staff who should be able to take a good share of the load from the Com- mittee. The latter's function, as we see it, pri- marily will be the establishment of polio* and seeing to it that they are properly carried out. We wish the committee every success, The formation of "RAP" ends the term of service for members of the community cen- tre board and recreation committee. Some have served many, many years and deserve recognition for building up the community's recreation program to the stature it enjoys to- day. They have expended many hours' effort to contribute to the enjoyment of the citizens of this community. The fact that they are being replaced should not be interpreted as a discredit to them. What conflicts arose between the two groups came about principally because of the awkward organization with which they had to cope. We pay them tribute—we think they deserve it—and 'we trust they will give their support to the new committee in its efforts to bring about an even better program than the good one which they have developed. It's just too vital to ignore can live without you! "I've got a wonderful surprise for your birthday just sit there and I'll put it on!" Consider this carefully: what would happen if your executors should die before those who are to benefit from your will? In many such cases, the family con- cerned is immediately faced with com- plications — perhaps even hardship. Unlike individuals, who as executors are not permanent, the services of The Industrial Mortgage and Trust Com- pany are always available. We can act as your executor — and thus provide your family with full protection. Established in Sarnia in 1889, we have grown with this community. YOUR business in OUR hands is made secure by neighbourly, personal service. m lli- THE INDUSTRIAL MORTGAGE &TRUST COMPANY Head Office: Sornio Offices: Forest, Petrolio Agents — Wallaceburg, Dresden, Strathroy tario's sugar beet industry gains ground. Elston Cardiff MP said he did not intend "to stand idly by" and see the 51- year-old beet industry knocked out by a carelessly-worded sugar treaty. Miss Janet Kestle, graduate of Victoria Hospital School of Nursing, has received her RN degree. Because council had said, "You must do it alone", and because this obviously was im- possible, 'the association dropped the project. It could go no further. • Let's not leave it there. First of all, be- cause parking is a municipal problem, it does very much concern council. The town will have to administer any areas which become avail- able. All town residents, whether involved in the retail industry or not, will benefit from better parking arrangements, both directly and indirectly. Council knows, better than anyone else, how vital a healthy and progressive shop- ping area is to this community; it's its lifeblood. Council, then, should accept its respon- sibility in this regard. The businessmen's as- sociation, we are certain, still is prepared to make substantial investments toward the pro- gram. The planning board, too, is aware of the problem and is prepared to help in whatever capacity it can. We suggest that council this year ap- point a special committee to study this park- ing problem. Let it be composed of council members, planning board members, and rep- resentatives of the businessmen's association. With perhaps the help of provincial authorities, this committee should study the property situa- tion downtown and prepare a plan to solve the problem. It doesn't necessarily require the im- mediate appropriation of thousands of dollars. It can, if nothing else, establish a reserve fund now to which both the association and council can contribute reasonable sums annually to finance future purchases, It may find that cer- tain small parcels can be acquired now to which others can be •added later. A co-operative attack on •this vital prob- lem should be started—and soon. see another system tried. Let us call it a system of released time for want of a better word. Let us say that three periods of one half hour each week are set apart. Children, whose par- ents are willing, go to some suitable building near the school in order to receive religious instruction. Attendance should be recorded. Children who do not attend the religious instruc- tion, could be given some ethi- cal, non-religious instruction or a study period. This scheme, I believe, could prove very useful. At least it would give more time and there- fore more opportunity for relig- ious teaching. It also could be a practical effort in churchunity, if an interfaith committee would work on it. Most important of all, it would be an attempt to bring religious teaching into relation with school life and everyday lifeand should make it much easier to correlate studies, to tie up with the child's geography, history and other studies. Working effectively it should tend to raise the quality of religious teaching, but I am a- fraid that the hopes entertained by many of my colleagues that it would reach the majority of the unchurched, would not materialize. Among the arguments against this plan is the fact that in many places the churches would not be ready for it, but• above all, they would have not enough trained people who are quali- fied in this field to teach well. Often there would be a lack of sufficient money and equipment. It looks as though the scheme can be effective when the right people are available to see it through: we always come back to the question of individuals. The majority of parents are anxious to do their best for their children. Our country spends vast sums on educa- tion. We have some of the finest school buildings in the world. We strive hard to give vocational education to our chil- dren. We want them to be happy and successful socially, but if, in spite of many virtues, they have no working faith to apply to the problems of life, we have failed them. The heart of religion is not in the school, but in the HOME and parents are those on whom the responsibility of things to come lie heaviest. The duty to give our children an abiding religious faith is not the school's but the parent's. The most potent influence in a child's religious life is in his parent's attitude towards good and evil, for without faith and example we can accomplish no- thing. In the final analysis re- ligious faith is not taught but caught. This. town has tackled many important problems in the past year, the solution of a number of which will occupy considerable at- tention of the council during 1963. There's still another, however, which requires considera- tion, and perhaps council can find time to squeeze it in during the coming year. The downtown parking problem has been buffeted about for some years. It demands more serious, and more co-ordinated thinking than it has received. In 1962, with the current sewerage pro- gram imminent, Mayor Simmons urged Exeter Businessmen's Association to take action in re- gard to establishing rear-lane accesses to stores and parking areas. He adopted the attitude that this was the merchants' problem and they should solve it. If any group was able to help itself, suggested the mayor, the businessmen's association could. The viewpoint has merit. In this age, everyone seems to think government should do every job. We agree that groups within the town should try to solve their own problems. Unfortunately, it's not always that simple. In 'this case, the businessmen's associa- tion accepted the challenge, recognized the im- portance of it and agreed to try to do some- thing about it. The association was prepared to invest its entire annual budget, and future budgets, too, if a solution could be worked out. The committee which spent, considerable time investigating the situation ran into pre- dictable snags. Individual property owners had different ideas about what should be done. A number, understandably, did not want to sacri- fice property which might curtail the poten- tial of their holdings. And, since the associa- tion is not an incorporated body, it was not in a position to buy or lease any property which might have been available. ccz/edeat&vtv 44aereaeOw CANADIAN STYLE JOTTINGS BY JMS J. M. Southcoft Don Southcott BY THE EDITOR inions coming your way Far cry from the early days First of a series of ',Guest Opinions" appears on this page this week. The feature is designed to highlight view- points of people in the community who (a) either because of their experience, their training or their principles, have strong opinions on current conditions, and (b) hold positions in this community of such a nature that makes their views important to all of us. Primarily we hope the series stimu- lates thinking, argument and perhaps even controversy because, as more faithful readers have noted before, we strongly feel that open discussion and debate is vital to healthy democratic TO start the series, I have prevailed upon Rev. Bren de Vries, busy Anglican rector in town who can be refreshingly outspoken about almost anything with which he disagrees. What topic? I left that up to him since I knew he had a number of pet "beefs" he w a.s n' t positor becauee there would be a loss of time in having to make the corrections. The next step was the instal- lation of a Rogers type-casting machine which in a few years became obsolete and was re- placed by a Linotype machine. The Linotype people allowed $400 for the old Rogers on a new linotype. A few of the im- portant parts of the Rogers machine were broken with a sledge-hammer and as the parts could 'not be replaced the whole thing was sold for junk. municipal officials over the holidays. The tables turned painfully on Mayor Si Simmons when he fell during a Boxing Day curling match at RCAF Centralia and wound up with broken ribs for New Year's. He received strange sympathy from one member of his council who called purposely to express his pleasure at the situa- tion. His message to the mayor went like this: "I just wanted you to know I'm chuckling about you every minute of the day". The caller was Deputy-Reeve Bill Musser, whose own physical ailments had been the butt of the mayor's jokes Christmas eve. In both cases, the pro- tagonists were trying desperately hard to make the other laugh, because they knew he suffered physical pain to do so. Which throws into a cocked hat that old adage about "He who laughs last, laughs best." cautious about airing. Hisc hoic e, typically, is a controversial one -- re- ligious education in our public schools -- and perhaps, after you've read it, you'd like to comment pro or con in a letter to us. I'll be asking other people in the community to express their opinions in future editions, not necessarily in order of importance or merit, but simply to keep the pot boiling. We hope they'll co-operate with us. Main point I'd like to express at this stage, however, is that we're always in- terested in views, solicited or other- wise. So if you happen to have a peeve or a praise put it on paper fOr us. We'll be glad to publish it. This is a "ribbing" story with a bit of a novel twist. When pe o pi e "rib" others, it's not usually with the intention of making them laugh until it hurts but such was the case between two Exeter, Published Each Thursday Morning at EXelleir, (into Aetheritint Steeir od ONCE* 'd Ind for Paynnint Of Pettit. Ili elft 't; OttaNia SUPPORT CANADIAN-OWNED BUSINESS Become an %viler in an all Canadian business! The Co-operative move- ment in Canada is the most Canadian of all businesses, with ownership spread over a great number of people working together. It is one hundred percent Canadian-owned, locally and democratically controlled and it is fighting for the inde- pendence of our economy. By joining your CO-OP you get a voice anti A vote in its management. CANADIAN CO-OPS ARE PROGRESSIVE TOO In the last 10 years Ontario CO-OPS have proved their faith in Canada. They have developed a wide range of products and pro- grammes to serve approximately 80,000 owners and thousands of prospective owners and patrons. 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The flax mill owned by the Dashwood Flax Company was completely destroyed by fire Monday night. 25 YEARS AGO The oldest married couple in the history of the parish of St. Peter's church of the French settlement, Mr. and Mrs.Oscar Ducharme of the Blue Water Highway, celebrated their 64th anniversary Wednesday. They were married by Rev. Father Sneider, a German missionary stationed at Goderich. The committee of manage- ment of the Exeter arena have purchased a new sound equip- ment which is being installed by W. S. Beer. Mrs. William Gossman won a blanket in a drawing conducted by the Robin Hood Fleur at Chatham. Roland Williams was elected president of South Huron Plow.7 men's Association at the annual meeting held in Exeter town hall. 15 YEARS AGO In a closely contested election on Monday Hugh Berry of Kir- kton'was re-elected reeve of the Township df Usborne by a ma- - pray of eight votes over his opponent, William Ellerington. Exeter now boasts a Popula- tion of 2,000 and it eligible to be incorporated as a town. Messrs L. V. Hogarth and Jack Weber motored to Charles City, Iowa to attend a business conference With Dr. Salsbury. They were shown through hit laboratories inclUding a new building which is 620' x 420'. Mr. Lex McDonald, who re- cently took Over the distrib- utorship of Stmertest gasoline; has moved his wife and family to Exeter from Glencoe. 10 YEARS AGO Mkt. William Penhale will Celebrate her 94th birthday on Friday, January 14. At a recent meeting of Hay Township Mutual Fire Insur. eke Co. pictures of two past secretaries, Henry Eilber and his son, Herbert K. E Ober, Were unveiled, and hting in the Zurich office of the Companyd Fight for the slirViViti Of On- EXETER, ONTARIO Ttie Times was the firtt to instal a linotype and the only improVeMent to the linOtype was a bigger and faster machine. The first machine purchased by the Times was told and is now in operation as partS ter the machine are now available. We doubt if the same can be said Of any Other machine that has been in operation for the same length of time. borrowed $1,000 to buy the first linOtype and paid there- Mainder Off at $35 a month for three' years with interest at 5%. The first job PretS was op -rated by foot POWer until the' gaeoline engine was invented. This was followed by' the -elect' it'd Motet', Over the years additional and More up-to-date machinery has been installed: The paper grew and our facilities could hot cope with printing The paper and for several years now it has 'been printed by the titat lord Beacon-Herald and diStri,' bitted troth that city., 'The new Widest' Of -offset With the ,new equipment re, egtireiti, Will permit us to print the paper at home. SUOSCRIPTION ROES: Canada $4.N Per Year; USA $5.01 The Times-Advocate has en- tered a new era in the publishing of a newspaper and with this issue we have changed from let- terpress to offset. That term will mean very little to our readers but to us it is just the reverse to the manner in which the paper has been pub- lished since the days of Con- federation in 1 8 7 2, when the paper was established by John White and sons. The new system is difficult to explain, except that in place of printing from type the work now is done almost entirely from photography and, in place of the typesetting machines, tape=operated typewriters are being used largely in the set- ting of the news and the adver- tisements. Gone are the days when I first entered the Exeter Times to begin my apprenticeship as a printer's devil. At that time it was An 8-page paper with four of the pages being prin- ted in Toronto on a yearly contract,- There were two pa- pers being printed in Exeter at the time--the Times and the Advocate--and there was rivalry as to which paper would be first on the street, The papers in those days were delivered around town and, wet Or dry, winter and summer, the rounds of the town were made each 'Thursday morning. It was a big step forI,Vard when newspapers, were permitted to use the mails. 'The big change, hoWever, was the Manner in which the type Was set. At first everything was' set by hand and after the paper was printed the type had to be put badk in ta.sea. If there was any mixup it Newt Would be Made by the next cern-