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In re- cent years, the firm has combined its experi- ence with a youthful exuberance for expansion, reflected in the opening of its ninth office here. This development of spirited growth from a sound foundation must set an example for Canadian enterprise, particularly in the trust field, As The T-A has noted before, 13ritish Mortgage has incorporated into its expansion plans a policy of providing distinctive buildings which enhance the communities in which they pelf said much, the same thing, The Qnalcera, in a remarkable pamphlet published in britain, have gone even further, quee, tioritiig whether premarital in- terco urse is necessarily a bad preparation .for m arriage, whether to have a variety of sexual partners does in tact weaken intimate relations and destroy a community, locate and staffing them with personable people who reflect the "firm's stress upon service in financial 'trallSaet10118. If the financial field is shedding its traditions of dull buildings and growlish personnel, British Mortgage is leading the trencL Exeter ,certainly looks forward to the new .building which the firm will erect here, in the heart of our business area. The community's Welcome to British Mortgage also tiles somewhat of a reunion touch Since W. H. Gregory, the president of the firm, is a native of our community, He was the SOB of the former high school 'principal,. Thomas Gregory, and practiced law here before mov- ing to Stratford. It's always a pleasure to wel- come old: 'boys back, in any form, and it's even more gratifying when they return in this fash- ion. Parking study vital FINANCING FOR CANADIAN BUSINESS One ATfl\itThr ZUstCeToinTeNoversial etticleg to appear in Canada re- cently is the piece entitled "It's time we StepPecihoaxing the kids about sex" by Pierre Berton in MaTchir ea article has been seeeeply criticized across the nation, perticularly by church groups, and the viplerit reaction to its contents is said to be respon- sible in part at least for Mr. Berton's recent dismissal by Me daivitc terha on the permission of the m, , Maclean's, major ex- tracts from the article are reproduced here. Next week, The T-A will publish a reply Prepared by Rev, William Getz, of Zion Lutheran Church, Dash- wood, who is pastoral advisor for the Ontario district to the Walther League, the Lutheran church's young people's group. Comments from other read- ers, of course, will also be wel- come. BY PIERRE BERTON in Maclean' s Magazine THE MOST RECENT STATIS- TICS place the annual total of new outpatients in Ontario psy- chiatric hospitals at 9,600. Of these an astonishing 4,000 are under the age of sixteen. Com- menting on the reasons for thie, Dr. Elliott Markson, a psychi- atrist who deals with sexual de- viates, had this to say: Sexual feelings of adolescents are encouraged by the stress on sex in our culture but the of- ficial morality of this country is based on postponement. All early sexual experiences for this reason are surreptitious and associated with shame, Thus did Dr. Markson put his finger on the evil of the Great Twentieth-Century Hoax, whereby every adolescent is taught that sex is the key to everything -- but he can't enjoy it for another ten, fifteen or twenty years. We had better make the best of the fact that teenage sex is here to stay and that we adults have been helping to build the kind of society in which it flour- ishes. We have fashioned a world in which "popularity" is the pinnacle to which every At this point I fancy I hear a Greek chorus of well-intention- ed old women caroling their slogan: "Would you want your daughters, etc well, I have several daugh- ters, mesdames, and I must tell you that this is not a ques- tion that haunts my slumber. They are pretty level-headed girls and if, in a moment of madness or by calculated de- sign, they find themselves bed- ded with a youth (and I trust it will be a bed and not a car seat) I do not really believe the experience will scar their psy- che or destroy their future marriages. Indeed I would ra- ther have them indulge in some good, honest, satisfying sex than be cpridemned to a decade of whimpering frustration brought on by the appalling North American practice called "pet- ting." Be that as it may, I pray one thing is clear to them: what- ever occurs, they will always have the full sympathy of their parents. They will not be ban- ished into the snowstorm with their little bundle, nor will they be made to suffer shame for acting out, to its ultimate con- clusion, the latest Hit Parade ballad or fan-magazine fantasy. Neither will they be condemned to the hell of an incompatible shotgun marriage simply be- cause, for one evening, they de- cided to learn for themselves what all the adult shouting was about. As for my sons, Ifully expect that by the age of seventeen they will know, from experience, something about life and that when they finally wed they will be wise enough in the ways of the world to make their wives physically content and tolerant enough, by reason of previous experience, to make their mar- riages compatible. youth aspires and then we have managed to equate Maness With popularity. With this profitable gibberish (the sex explpitation by teenage Magazines and Nice box spnge) being pumped into every child's ear, ie it really surprising when teenagers remark on TV (as one did to me) that "sex is the thing to do," when a Toronto Anglican minister states that one quarter of the yoeng brides he marries are pregnant (an Edmonton United Church minis- ' ter tells me it's closer to half with him), or when a California health officer surveys twenty- one schools and reports that teenagers are being seduced by a culture of "fun morality" and that a good many girls consider pregnancy a status symbol? Specifically, I say, society is going to have to accept the fact that premarital sex isn't always a bad thing; what is bad is the sense of guilt, shame and sin which keeps young people at arm's length from their par- ents and in a state of constant emotional tension. Further we must make much lessfuss about virginity and continence and realize that, while they're okay for some people, they are not necessarily okay for all. The churches ought to be giving a lead in these matters -- after all it was they who made the original fuss about sex. By equating it with wicked- ness they rendered it commer- cially exploitable. It's no ac- cident, as Dr. Markson the psy- chiatrist has pointed out, that "the incidence of sex problems among ministers' children is very high." A twenty-one-year- old prostitute told me recently that she left home because she was "fascinated by sin." Her parents, both Salvation Army officers, had attacked sex so much they made it sound po- sitively attractive. It's good news that some churches are facing up to the realities of the new age. E. R. Bagley, an Anglican archdeacon in Toronto, recently wrote that the church should restate its beliefs in sex in recognition of the shifting values among the young. A few days later the Archbishop of Canterbury him- Miracle of St. Joseph Although it provides many benefits which make it commendable legislation, the re- stricted zoning bylaw prepared by the planning board and passed by town council does not solve one vital problem already existing here and bound to be aggravated with growth, This is the provision of parking space in the main business section. The bylaw provides essentially that each new business established in the general and restricted commercial areas must provide park- ing areas, the amount dependent on the retail space incorporated. Originally, the bylaw re- quired such parking areas to be provided on Main Street, from Huron to Sanders, but this area has been excluded from the regulations by amendment as a result of appeals at the re- cent municipal board hearing here. The situation then is that in the main sector from Huron to Sanders, existing or even new •businesses need not provide any parking area for the convenience of shoppers. How- ever, any business established on the side streets—Sanders, John, James, or Huron—or the streets parallel to Main—Andrew and Wil- liam—must make available sizable portions of their lots for parking cars. There are a number of legitimate objections to those regulations. One is the principle involved which re- quires the new businesses established off Main Street to make sizable financial investments in providing parking space while the stores in the established area assume no responsibility whatsoever. Another is the obvious development that the new businesses will be forced to provide parking not only for their own customers but also for customers of existing businesses. A third is that the regulations will cre- ate on the off streets a hodgepodge of stores separated by parking lots which will be an in- convenience to shoppers. If each new store provides parking space alongside it, or even a laneway to parking space at the rear, what will result is a succession of buildings •and open spaces which will make it a chore for any cus- tomer to reach by foot more than a few stores from any one parking spot. Still another is that, since the regula- tions stipulate that, up to a certain size, a new business outside the established area need provide no parking space, there is a discrimina- tion against the larger size store which, say, must display bulkier goods. The regulations provided in the bylaw consist mainly of those established in other centres which means they are common to other ,municipalities. Nevertheless they are not fair and some effort should be made to correct them, The planning board is aware of the prob- lem and has talked about taking a much longer look at the situation. However, this has been pending upon a joint discussion of the parking problem by the industrial corporation, the businessmen's association and the board. The best solution would appear to be some means of establishing central parking lots which would provide access to both new and established businesses and to which both would contribute financially. This might in- volve a special tax assessment upon the exist- ing business community as well as contribu- tions from new stores as they are established. Only an investigation, however, will determine if this is possible. Or there may be an alterna- tive which would be more acceptable. In any event, it is evident that a study of the prob- lem and action toward its solution is impera- tive. BY THE EDITOR Don Southcott The Industrial Development Bank helps finance most types of small and medium- size Canadian businesses for a variety of purposes. If you are engaged in a business, or plan to start one, and required financing is not available elsewhere on reasonable terms and conditions, you are invited to visit an I.D.B. office or write to one for a booklet. Joining Judy or getting gifts? INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK 23 BRANCH OFFICES ACROSS CANADA Jack or a Maple Leaf. Moreover, how confused will the Indian feel when we tell him that we are finally giving him something instead of taking something away. "If however, we are to have our own flag may I suggest a compromise de- sign of plain snow-white -- which is not only a symbol of peace, purity, in- nocence and surrender, but a reflection of the opinions of the many who will have made such a flag necessary. "Incidentally, while we are doing some housecleaning let us get rid of such outmoded symbols like Johnny Canuck and Mr. Sinclair, and adopt something neutral like Mister Kleen." THESE BRICKYARDS WERE AMONG ST. JOSEPH INDUSTRIES from photo collection of the late H. G. Hess KITCHENER -WATERLOO Waterloo Square Building Telephone 744.4186 BY WINONA FRENCH (In the first instalment, the author described the early French settlement along Lake Huron. Narcisse Cantle was the eldest of a family of 16 and his first vision of a deep waterway from the head of the Great Lakes to the ocean came to him as a boy, trudging along the banks of the lake, watching the smoke of passing steamers.) PART TWO His initial step was to obtain first-hand knowledge of the shipping conditions and the transportation facilities he had in mind to improve. He must concentrate somewhere at the meeting place of lake, river and canal transports. He solved this problem as a boy of 11 years, by engaging in the cattle, sheep and poultry business, buying by the carload and shipping direct to Buffalo, New York, stock yards. His spare time in Buf- falo was spent on'the wharves, meeting the shipping masters, hearing their tales of travel on the world's great inland seas, and thus getting his first prac- tical knowledge of the project, to the advancement of which, he was to devote his life. Narcisse Cantle married at the age of 19 and to further his studies took up residence in Buffalo. He spent much time travelling from one port to anOther on the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River, the Riche- lieu River, the Welland Canal and the New York State Barge Canal, studying the trarispor-' tation problems of each. With this background he leen- ched his magnificent idea on the sea of public opinion. He dream- ed Of capturing American busi- ness for his country. In his colossil navigation scheme he saw a great future for Canada. Having grown up in French Settlement en the Shores of the beautiful Lake Huron, naturally his first link in the chain of waterways Was planned there. He sought to effect a short cut by constructing a canal between Lake Hunan and Lake Brie. He would thus avoid going amend through River St. Clair, tree- cherouS Lake St. Clair, and Limekiln Crossing in the be- &oft River, and further avoid * * * Mr. Nathan, we learn, received some nasty telephone calls and letters over his remarks. Incidentally, we hope soon to repro- duce here the flag which the late MacKenzie King wanted to adopt during his term as prime minister. I'm not certain of the circumstances but I understand Ring set up a committee to design a national flag to preeent to parliament for approval. It seems, however, that the late prime minister had his own design Which he wanted the committee to recommend. When the latter refused to accept it, King washed out the entire project, which had involved ,the study of countless thousands of designs submitted by in- tetested Canadians. vat's men's group that Sunday morning had learned to play the chimes in his native land and he accepted the invita- tion from Trivitt group to play them here. ,,, More on the national flag issue . . . HSDHS teacher David Nathan joined the controversy in a letter to the editor of The London Free Press after be- coming disgusted at Gordon Sinclair's remarks on a Canadian banner on Front Page Challenge. Said the teacher: "Personally I am perfectly satisfied with the Union Jack, and I fail to see how Mr. Sinclair and others feel that they can bring more credit to our coun- try by having some other banner to wave under somebody's nose and boast that we are as good as anyone else. Why is it that we have to identify our- selves with symbols that stand for the masses? Haven't they proven to be the cause of enough trouble over the past century? Surely, if we ate objective about this, we will admit that this is really only an outlet for what is ob- viously our sense of inferiority. "it certainly won't solve any of our more important problems, The Doukho- bars, for instance, might need a piece Of cloth to protect their naked rights but I don't think it will provide a solu- tion to their other problems. Further- Mere, I can't imagine a French-Cana- dian giving a new blue cheer for a 'wash 'n wave' flag that has a Union Have you joined Health Minister Judy La Marsh in her quit-smoking campaign or are you increasing your consumption to qualify for the free gifts now being offered by the cigarette manufacturers? Ironically, both extremes have de- veloped. Bowing to the campaign of the Canadian Medical Association, two- pack-a-day smoker Miss La Marsh quit the habit Monday. She's under the gun. Should she start again, she'll lose face as the nation's foremost exponent of good health habits, Meanwhile, the cigarette people are launching promotions to encoura ge more smoking. You can save the pack- ages of one certain brand to qualify for gifts. Or you can send in your entry on the package of any brand for a raffle in which the top prize is $100 At least one Exeter businessman is taking a middle course. Realtor John Burke has switched to roll-your-owns. He claims the fuss and bother causes him to smoke less than half as much as before. The decline IS most no- ticeable when he's driving Since John hasn't acquired yet the cowboy's knack of main' ere with one hand. * * * If the chimes in Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church had a different sound a Week ago Sunday, It was because there was a different "ringer" at the levers. One of the three Nigerian flight cadets who were guests of Tri- WearaiatellegeniMMIROWSIONee Tints: Established 1873 Amalgamated 1924 Advocate Established 1881 /The lieferZitne*Abuocate SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W.N.A., C,C.N.R. and ABC. Published Each Thursday Morning a* Exeter, Ont. Authorised as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in cash air poretion. in NoVember, 1901, applica- tion was made seeking to incor- porate a company under the name St. Joseph and Lake Huron Ship Canal Company, and in 1902 a bill was presented to parlia- ment setting forth the canal pro- ject. The bill was not proceeded with at the time because of po- litical exigencies. But the cre- ating of a city at St. JOseph went on apace. First a sawmill was set up and a brickyard was put in op- eratiten. Both lumber and brick would be needed in large quanti- ties. Sewerage, drainage, and Water supply for the embryo city received careful attention. Splendid homes were built. The Dominion Government complied with Cantin's request and voted money for a piet. This pier Was built in spite of well, organised opposition. Factories sprang up Over night, There was a factory where novelties Of one kind and another were manufactured. An organ-pipe factOry, with the best kneWn artist in Canada, F, O. Bissonette, in Charge, supplied pipeS for some of the largest pipe &ohs inthe cdun- -try. A wine factory under the management of M. E. -Bicigneul, a professional wine-maker from France, produced many thousands 6f gallons Of beet quality wines. Hut the most ambitious Of all Was the Balmoral Hotel, which was destined never to be Corn, pleted. However, it had a brave begiimingi .The building' was of' Solid brick and measured 181 feet by 132 /664 and wag three stories high, The bar Was of immense Site, resplendent in brass and mahogany, its Walla decorated with find rthiral Nita, ings, done by One Of Canada's outstanding artigta t and costing thousands of tioliata:The turn'« titre was brought from trealoa famous BalMoral Hotel, The woodwork throughout Wag beautiful and everything' else was 'on 'a corresponding sale of inagnifidence, the dangerous boulders in the shallow western half of Lake -- Erie. It would furthermore mean a saving of 350 nautical miles for every return trip. The focal points were to be Port Talbot on Lake Erie to the nearest point on Lake Huron. For the latter point Carib!) de- cided on French Settlement. To draw attention to his pro- ject, he launched an unusual, advertising scheme. He would build a city at a spot in French Settlement then known as Lake- view; he would call it St. Jo- seph. He would do this prac- tically overnight, complete with hotels, factories and a harbor. He had visions of St. Joseph as a smelting centre for iron , ore, with coal within easy reach from the mines of Michigan and Ohio, Cantle got off to a good start, with a blare of trumpets. The scheme caused a great furore. Some scoffed at it. Many were deeply interested. Cantineneant the scheme to serve his purpOse and, due to his own belief in the idea, together with his marvel- lous ability as a promoter, he was able to persuade a great many people to invest in the enterprise. Of powerful physique, stand- ing six feet tall and weighing two hundred and forty pounds; of a commanding and convincing personality, he was able to con- tact and interest men of pro- , ininerice in the business and fi- nancial world. He did things in domeari way. Special trains were run from different points, emptying their crowds of would-be speculators into Herman, the nearest Grand Trunk railway station to St. .toserih. Not ohly men living in the district, but hard-boiled American and Canadian capital- ists put in their Money. Among those who were taken up with dentin's improved i,vam terway scheme Were such Men as Oliver Cabana, Jr., chairman Of the Liberty btu*, Btiffald, and diaries M. Schwab, then president of the -Bethlehem Steel Paid-in-Advance Circulation, March 31, 1961---3,92t SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada OA Per Year; USA $5.00 11 believe / have Sri APpointrrient," Investors 1): 0 cANA.17,4,, 1.1#11T•p —keeeeleae„....a ,eeel ,,eseeeeie eeiee • k , No".• , ... 4A.ftle6X 446,