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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-05-21, Page 240741„,..,00r".6"""*.4:"....00.0;"".."° , , . elfallalStelMetinear '121311VAINIMFANSPOSISMS1 EDITORIAL It's a practical move LETTER TO THE. EDITOR. Defends Perry Rockwood ALL NEXT WEEK. Big. BIRTHDAY SALE UNTLEY. DRAG STORE , -4? EXETER In 4 Telephone .ontario 2351070 I alse wonder if Mr. Boyne has entered in dialogue with Mr. Rockwood in order to tinder- Stand the latter's position. It is true that Mr. Rockwood has no official connection with the ecumenical movement as represented by the World Coun- cil of Churches. It is also true that Mr. Rockwood is excep- tionally well versed on the WCC and has published several book- lets on the ecumenical move- ment. Mr. Rockwood believes the ecumenical movement is lead- ing the churches within this movement to a Roman type wor- ship and beliefs and eventually to organic union. Can Mr. Rock- wood's belief be proven invalid? The following prayers are quoted to show that the World Council of Churches is not ex- actly leading Protestantism to- wards the conservative evan- ;:i In RPN't article, last. week, Protestant-R.C. .13e14,, Bons, the locni.proepettipertical, Presbyterian tramps hard upon. the anti-ecumenical,.forme 'r presbytertan minister, Perry Rockwood. Although Mr, Boyne says he agrees in principle with much of Mr,,Rockwood's minis try,. when it comes to ecumeni, calism these men are miles apart. According to mr. Boyne's inference mr, Rockwood repre, sents the ignorant, unthinking prejudiced type, mr. Boyne says Mr. Rock- wood "has never tried to under, stand it." (the ecumenical movement). Mr. Boyne has never asked mr. Rockwood if he has ever tried to understand the ecumenical movement. He makes a dogmatic conclusion which he does not know to be absolutely true. ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne The power of choice Ontario has all the bigness, all the variety for one of the most exciting vacations of your life. Ontario covers 415,000 square miles, packed with fas- cinating things to see. Like old castles and cathedrals, art gal- leries, and long sandy beaches, red-coated Mounties and mag- nificent wilderness, cannons and charming side-walk cafes. Your Ontario is a stirring, exciting place. Take this sum- mer to explore. For more information write, Ontario Department of Travel, Room 270, Parliament Bldgs., Toronto, Ontario. HONOURABLE JAMES AULD, Minister 11•CN•64 Area inspector, D. W. Scott, 'has. urged the HSDHS board not to. get their hopes too. high, in their bid to. have full vocational facili- ties at the local school, noting the v:arious groups who will have 'to sanction such a move before it becomes A reality. While his attitude may be warranted, it is to be hoped it doesn't „affect the effort put into such a move by the board. It is something they should tackle with as much enthusiasm and thought as they can muster. This is especially true due to the fact such a move could bring about a saving for area taxpayers, and any step in this direction in the field of education is welcome indeed, Even more important is the fact it win provide the best possible education for area students without some of the hardships in- volved in attending Clinton, The 18-mile trip in itself is not so bad, but many of these stu- dents have already travelled this far on a bus even before getting to Exeter. While there can be no blame attached to the Clinton administration (whom we hold in highest regard through personal experience) over attendance records of outside students go- ing there, the fact remains there has been far too much absenteeism and it is difficult to correct under the present setup, Another of the major concerns, as ex- pressed by Clinton Principal D. John Cochrane at a recent meeting of his board, was the fact students at the other schools were making their decisions not so much on their abilities and desires, but too much on whether their immediate circle 'of friends were going to Clin- ton or staying at their home schools. This attitude is certainly understand- able, but unfortunately not in the best inter- ests of the students. The local students also have a hardship in entering into the social and sports life of the Clinton school due to the distance factor involved, although Clinton has done every- thing feasible in this regard to assist the stu- dents in making it their school. This is not an attack on the merits of the Clinton school, as it was surely one of the wisest moves ever made in this area in the field of education, The hardships were known at that time, but the benefits to be derived by the education available far outweighed them in every regard. However, now that education of this nature can be provided on a practical basis at their Rome school, the HSDHS students should be given this opportunity for their own bene- fit. It is difficult .to ascertain which group will provide the main opposition, if there is any. On the surface there would appear to be few justifiable reasons why the board should 'not be able to proceed. The entire matter should be based sole- ly on the needs of this area, and there is every indication that a vocational setup is re- quired. Arguments on any other basis would Appear to he, unfounded or selfish. Neither of the governments should turn down suet gplao as this, is the type of educa- tion facility 'they have been promoting in the past couple of years, And too, .the enrolment at 'the school is quickly reaching ,the total quired for vocational training,. Therefore, the main prOblem would ap- pear to be in the board's bid to amend their Contract with the other three boards in regard to the Clinton school. At. present, the local board is commit- ted to send A minimum of 15% of their total enrolment to Clinton for a period of 10 years. On the surface there appear to be few problems involved in HSDHS withdrawing Some of their commitment as it will in no way affect the operation of the Clinton school. The facilities there are already taxed to capacity—even overcrowded in the Vocation- al classes—and discussion is already under- way to have a large addition for about 400 stu- dents erected for September, 1965. Erecting vocational facilities at Exeter would not create any hardship through vacant space at Clinton, In fact it would 'possibly re- duce the capital expenditure needed in regard to their proposed addition, and this is some- thing the members of the other three boards will feel obligated to do if possible to save their various ratepayers money. The money spent on erecting the new facilities at Clinton does not enter into the pic- ture as it was provided in entirety by the two governments. Some members of the local board have the opinion Clinton won't take kindly to the suggestion to have HSDHS withdraw as they want their school to continue to grow, as it is certainly the largest "industry" in town and the teaching staff has a great effect on the economy of the 'community, especially with the other boards assisting in paying the sala- ries. From experiences we have had with the Clinton board we would say this attitude is prevalent in only one or two and is not the ambition of all members. In fact, we can report sincerely that members of the Clinton board are as respon- sible as their counterparts in HSDHS and will give the proposal consideration on its own merits without any thought to selfishness for their community. This basis of consideration should be in regard to the welfare of the students from the South Huron area, and there can be no ques- tion they would be better served with their own facilities, with some of those in more spe- cialized fields still going to Clinton, as Mr. Scott suggested. The suggestion to erect vocational fa- cilities in Exeter is practical. Members of the local board are practical in striving to this end. And too, members of the other three boards appear to be practical, on the basis of past experiences and should endorse the move. WAMINMOXESMIVEIIRM BELL LINES BATT'N AROUND WITH THE EDITOR No more spelling mistakes! by W. W. Haysom your telephone manager NOT VISIBLE gelical position. These prayers were taken from the printed bulletin of the worki Council of Chtirches at its Third As- sembly in New Delhi, India, November 13 to December 5; 1961. "Christ our true God, by the intercessions of His Most Pure Mother Ever --Virgin Mary: of our Father among the Saints, John Crysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople: of the h oly martyrs Paramonus, Piloume- nus and Fatdre, whose day it is and of ail the Saints, will have mercy upon us and save us, for he is good and he loveth man- kind. Amen." The benediction for the Morn- ing Service for December 2, 1961, at the WCC meeting in New Delhi was: ,'May God be merciful unto us and bless us, and make His face shine upon us, and have mercy upon us. 0 Lord, save Thy people; bless Thine inheritance; lift them up forever. Through the suppli- cations and prayers which Our Lady The-Otokos Mary and the prophets and the martyrs and the crossbearers and the right- eous make on our behalf always. To Thee be glory and majesty, dominion and power, now and forever. Amen." Does Mr. Rockwood hate the Roman Catholics? Absolutely no. Mr. Rockwood loves the Roman Catholic people as much as the Protestants. He prays much for the Roman Catholics and has helped many. Mr. Rock- wood differs strongly with some Roman Catholic doctrine and practices but he loves the in- dividual Catholic. In a recent news bulletin the Halifax preacher writes concerning the filthy literature problem and states, "The R. C. Church has stood with us 100% and even Cardinal Cushing's Office in Boston has sent us a note of support." The truth may be that Mr. Rockwood understands the ecu- menical movement only too well after studying his Bible and hav- ing served within a WCC mem- ber denomination. If one de- sired to know what the 'Com- munists were planning in the Americas would he ask a pro- communist or a former active Communist member who had recently left the party? Recently, I have read of two ministers and a college prin- cipal who have left the ecu- menical movement because they could no longer support or- ganizations in which the Bible wa s destructively criticized, the Deity of Christ questioned and the virgin birth of Christ disbelieved — to name a few of the departures from the his- toric Christian faith. The WCC churches are not noted for holding prayer meet- ings, spirited singing, powerful preaching against sin and worldliness, soul-winning, Bible Conferences, defending the inspiration of the Scrip- tures and expository Bible preaching. I believe the ecumenical movement is leading churches away from the Historic Christ- ian faith. I challenge each read- er to read widely both sides in question and thoroughly study the Bible to find out what the Word of God has to say. I be- lieve less name calling and more searching study will lead each one to better understand- ing and to the truth. Rev. J. W. Stephenson Exeter does to us what we consciously choose to do to ourselves is often more terrible still. The fact is that God has placed in our hands a tremendous pow- er for good or evil. He has given us the power of choice. And so we are free to say no to what is best in life but we are also free to say no to what is rotten. We are free to mess up our lives if that is what we want or we are free to choose a way of life that will lead to the "abundant life''". God wants no puppet-like obe- dience. We are free to choose that which will hurt us, hurt others and hurt God Himself. God only shows us the way we should go He does not force us to go in that way, In all the choices of life God is setting before us life and good; death and evil. A passage of Scripture — Deuteronomy 30: 15, 19, 20 — best sets out the tremendous power of choice, "See, I have set before thee life and good, and death and evil . . . . therefore choose life , . . . for He is thy life". No one can tell me that a person who drinks too much has chosen life. I have seen something of the hell life can become in such a situation. Nor can anyone tell me that' the married person who has chosen to cheat, to add a little variety to a commonplace exist- ence, has really chosen life. I see the little bit of hell that is created by such a choice. We are meant to make aposi- tive responsible choice in all the decisions of everyday living. As we do so we draw more closely to the way of life. So these old words from the Old Testament still ring true: "I have set be- fore you life and death . . . therefore choose life". "Choose you this day whom you will serve". Comments or criticism will be wel— comed. Write PO Box 32 Exeter I suppose it may seem strange bringing up ice- bergs in May, but it suddenly occurred to me that they have something in common with the telephone busi- ness! — Just like the greater part of an iceberg, the greater bulk of technological advances in telephone serv- ice is not visible to the average person. If asked, I sus- pect most telephone users would say that 'phone styles have changed over the years, and that transmission has improved markedly, but that in general telephone serv- ice serves the same single function today as it did fifty years ago. Not sol For example, telephone lines today carry computer "talk" as well as people's conversations, and carry charts, diagrams, drawings, musical scales and even handwriting as it is being written! Again, tele- phone lines are used to regulate traffic lights from re- mote control positions, or to regulate the flow of oil or natural gas in pipelines spanning the continent. But, as I say, many of these aspects are not apparent to the average customer. 50 YEARS AGO when Marjorie Gould, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Pearce, Exeter, was united in marriage to Dr. John E. Whiting, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Whiting, Toronto. CUSTOM MADE I'd like to bring your attention again to the special telephone handsets that we provide for customers with speech or hearing difficulties, The "handset for confiden- tial conversations" is not only meant for people who wish to speak softly for privacy, but for those who, per- haps as the result of an operation, cannot speak as loud ly as they wish. (And for laryngectomies, of course, there is the artificial larnyx). The handset for impaired hear- ing contains a rotary switch that raises the caller's voice-level to desired strength. If either of these hand- sets, or the •artificial larnyx, could possibly make your life a little pleasanter, please don't hesitate to call our Business Office and inquire about them. hand with our other numbered friends. The best we can do with our number is a pair of fours and ones! Prime Minister Lester Pearson ap- pears intent on bringing the issue of a Canadian flag to the forefront to be settled once and for all, and for this he must be congratulated. This flag issue has dallied along long enough and should be settled as quickly as possible, because there isn't aghost of a chance of it gaining unanimity anyway. However, we do hesitate to endorse such a question to be the main battle in a multi-million dollar election. When we elect men to fill those $18,- 000-a-year posts in Ottawa, we feel there are a few more important issues than deciding what flag they'll see flying over the parliament Buildings when they get there. It has long been our contention that men who seek such responsible posi- tions should have their views aired on such matters as unemployment, de- fence, national and international policy — only to mention a few— although we must admit it would be ideal if Ca- nadians were in the enviable position of having only a trivial flag issue to settle in their elections. Mr. Pearson's proposed flag appears to have all the ingredients necessary to represent this fledgling nation of ours, and it is to he hoped it gains enough support so parliament can au- thorize it and end this silly bickering. are not familiar. It will just be a simple case of writing down a few easy figures. Just imagine how easy it will be writing up accounts which are normally found in a news- paper. For instance, try some of these: —In a double-ring ceremony on May 18, Rev. 529-406-784 united in mar- riage 597-806-327 and 624-574-475. 624-574-475 was attended by 743-895- 675 and the bridesmaids were 089- 635-189 and 985-836-791. The best man was 674-890-576 and the guests were ushered by 657-849-183 and 475- 832-109. Wedding music was played by 764-674-890 and 732-543-012 sang two lovely solos. — And a year or two later: 597- 806-327 and 624-574-475 wish to an- nounce the birth of their son 910- 076-954 in South Huron Hospital. Of course, there are also a few problems under the new number sys- tem, but the bugs should be worked out soon. We see problems with trying to remember the various numbers of all our friends and realtives, but with a concentrated study for a few years we think we can master the situation. However, we must admit that with the Bell Telephone following a similar system it does make things slightly difficult. Imagine a long distance caller asking the operator to dial 1-519-235- 0123 and asking for 406.915-413. One complaint we have about our number is that it won't make us much money in gambling on the best poker Similar to our other cohorts in the working force, we have now become the proud owner of asocial insurance num- ber, and somewhere among all the huge files in Ottawa we are personally known as 406-915-413. We can just imagine the heartthrobs of some statuesque blonde filing clerk as she runs her hands over that card and tries to picture the identity of its owner. While some have complained about being classified as only a number, we find it rather exciting, realizing that we happen to be the only person in Canada with that particular number. Before, we were filed somewhere amid the host of Battens, and while the list wouldn't be anywhere near the size of the Smiths, Browns and Joneses, we were still only one of great many. And with a given name such as William, our identity was undoubtedly lost in the shuffle of the countless thousands who answer to that same name. And even our middle name of Ralph wouldn't set us apart from the crowd. But now, when we hear people shout out those rythmical sounds of 406-915- 413, there is no question in our mind that we are the person being addressed. The new system will be a boon to newspaper personnel, who as you may well imagine, have a most difficult time with the spelling of the millions and millions of names found in society today. No longer will we have to ask persons to spell names with which we IptliiraMMEZZ WW2 `Nies Established 1873 Advocate Established 113111 AMalgamated 1924 One of the many signs of pros- perity in Exeter is the large number of auto owners;—J, Stewart, W. J. Heaman, M. M. Doyle, Dr. Quackenbush, Char- les Snell, Dr. Browning, Wes Snell, Dr. Hyndman, Dr. Kins- man, W. Martin, Dr. Sweet, Dr. McGillicuddy and Connor Mach- ine Co. Miss Jessie Manson has re- signed her position in the post office. Miss Minnie Jewell is taking her place. The site for the Carnegie library has been cleared and tenders are being called for the erection of a new building. evelerZintes-Akfuocate On impulse, the man had written to an old friend with whom he'd been out of touch for many years. When the out-of-town friend received the letter, he made a Long Distance call to our impulsive pal. "Your letter really surprised me after such a long time," he said, "And what's more . . today is my birthday so I thought I'd give myself a birthday present and call you!" SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C,W.N.A,, 0.W.N.A., C.C,N.R. and ABC PUBLISHERS: J. M. Southcott, R. M. Southcott EDITOR: William Batten Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dep't, Ottawa, ' and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid-in-Advance Circulation, September 30, 1963, 3,828 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $4,00 Per Year: USA $5.00 A zoo in Antwerp, Belgium had an elephant called Aida. The elephant was always glad to see children because they brought her food — all this was on top of what the zoo gave her. The children would all come with bulging pockets which were soon empty. One day everybody at the zoo was very sad — Aida was dead. The zoo wanted to find out what had killed her so they hired a clever vet who describ- ed it this way: "She died be- cause she couldn't choose. Everything looked so good that she ate everything: She could not summon up the power to make a choice. She took every- thing that everybody offered her". In her stomach the vet found the following items all undi- gested: 127 pounds of food, 1706 peanuts, 198 sandwiches, 1330 candies, 198 oranges, 891 pieces of bread, 1 sausage, 13 wads of paper, 1 white glove, 1 shoe string. Is it any wonder that she died? She might be alive yet if she had learned to choose only what was good for her. But Aida was just an elephant. She didn't know anything about the power of choice, She didn't know that choice was so important in life. Surely God has given us more sense than elephants — and yet! Many teenagers abuse their freedom of choice and ex- perience the suffering which re- sults from such abuse. The rapid rise in pre-marital preg- nancies is a case in point. Now I sympathize with these teenagers and I seek to help if I can. But the best therapy would have been at early age to develop in them the courage to say no when they should say no. They could be taught not to buy what some smooth sales- man is trying to sell! I sympathize too with those who get caught by shyster sales- men. In this column we have tried to lay out appropriate guidance in this area. But the fact remains that we are free to tell the salesman to go fly a kite. We don't have to sign a contract. It is our free choice to say no. It is our free choice to say we're not buying what you are selling. I sympathize too with those who get sucked in by the honey- coated talk of some finance companies you know, that bit about "easy" payments. They soon find out they are paying twice bank interest at least — some times it runs as high as three to four times bank in- terest. But the fact remains that, in many cases, they could have chosen to do without. Or they could have borrowed from a reputable lender. Or they could have chosen to postpone pur- chase until they could afford to buy. Too many people in our time have lost control. They are no longer capable of making posi- tive, responsible decisions. They are Incapable of dis- criminating choice. Oscar Wilde was a brilliant author. He was, however, the type of persOn who had to try everything once and it proved disastrous. He ate too much. He drank 'too much. Finally, he spent two long miserable years in prison. Like poor stu- pid Aida he took everything that everybody offered him. He did not consciously choOse life. He was sorry, but he was sorry too late. He wrote these words, "I must say to myself that I 'ruined myself. Terrible as it was What the world did to me what I did to Myself was more terrible still". Yes, in spite of all that life 15 YEARS AGO W. G. Cochrane has moved into his new house, Senior St. The Huronia choir won first prize at the Woodstock Musical Festival Wednesday evening. Winston Shapton graduated from OAC, Guelph, at the con- vocation exercises last Wed- nesday. Ed Hunter-Duvar will open his new service station at the south end of town Friday night with an old and new time dance. 10 YEARS AGO The date for the official open-, ing of Luc an's new public school has been set for May 14. Dr. D. J. McKelVie, president of the newly-formed Hensall Kinsmen, received the charter of hiS club during a 'Ceremony last Wednesday night. Arthur B Idle, vice-principal of Listowel Public School, has been engaged as principal of Exeter Public School for the coining term. Shier cups Were awarded to Sandra Walper and shirleYIt,, Vine at the final public speaking contest sponsored by the Borne and School AsOn Tuesday night. 25 YEARS AGO George Petty, first reeve of Bengali, Celebrated hiS 84th birthday quietly at his home. He WAS county warden in 1920. A special train will be run from Wingham to London on Wednesday, June 7 on the °tea-, SiOri"Of the visit of the King and Queen to that city. Miss Celia Christie, who for the past ten years has assisted in the office Of 'the Exeter TititeS,AdVbeate has this week Severed 'her dolineCtieri tO toine' a jtine bride. Whit it g.4 a r Wedding' Was solemnized in 86a- it:Ohtan i Alta: at noon 'May 15