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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-09-17, Page 2- f.. : - • •-• • • - • • • v.-. , .7.17a7,Zia BELL LINES by W. W. Haysom your telephone manager CONTINUING ALERT Now that the youngsters are back in school, I hope that Exeter drivers will not relax the caution they've been exercising during the summer months. True enough, the children aren't out during most of the day, but they ARE out on the way to and from' school, and during the "lunch hour". (And in total quantities, such as they never were during the holidays.) And then again, there's a new crop of little ones who are just starting school and haven't had too much experience in protecting themselves from sense- less or careless drivers. ON STAYING IN SCHOOL Some young people may shudder at the thought of it, but the neW school term is with us. I certainly hope that as many Exeter students as possible are returning to com- plete High School or technical school, because this iS cer- tainly the minimum requirement today in order to have Any satisfactory control over what kind of jobs will be held over the next forty-plus years, And that can be a mighty long Mine to regret not staying in school afew more years! I hope that parents who grew up when times were different are aware of how much our society has changed and are properly determined that their children be as fully equipped as possible before tackling the work-ing world, A TELEPHONE LINE ALL TO YOURSELF yes—many of ,our customers have them today, and enjoy private, uninterrupted conversations, talk as long as they Wish, and are always available to call or be called. There Was a time when we were unable to let you • have a private line, but now facilities are available for you. You too can now enjoy a line to Ourself. The cost is little, the pleasure is great, and there is no charge to change over your present party line. Also, remember a private line when you arrange for new service. Call us At 235-1550, or ask the man in the green truck. 1. .1110111,M44.1.1,0110,111111111.1114141,411111111110.111111601110.410114)011.111111100.14111.101,01-41114111111 Learn. To corive The safe Way Plenty of .similar "skeletons" by cotending the Eat everything they grow 1314'1.3PS..WETN.—PROSSR.0.4.pS AFMQ.A. wpiticgft Safe-"R-"Way Driving School INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION PHONE ROSS Co GUenther Ea: DASH WOOD 159 hYrathrhM (an insecticide), si- sal (for rope fiber), wottle hark (for tanning leather) and maize or corn. Other leap important experts are livestock prednete, other cereals and sugar. Due to the lack of rainfall in most of Kenya, only ahout one-fifth of the area is good for agriculture, Even part of this may bp difficult to work because of slopes. peeple sometimes think that all of this good land is in the hands. of Europeans but this is not so. Only about one-fifth of the good land' lies in Asian and European hands. Kenya is prinipliy an agri- cultural country and so I feel an article on this subject is in erder, ISM?, has a tremendO4s her of alitnates because It is on the equator and has elevation.s from sea level to 1%000', ason the top of Mount Kenya. Also the rainfall varies from less than five inches (desert areas) to over 100 inches per year (tropical rainforeet). Because of these climates almost any crop from barley and oats to coconuts can be grown. The main exporte in order of importance are; coffee, tea, ONE MAN'S OPINION by John. C. Bpyne Modern literature Inan editorial in this. week's .edition of the Grand Bend holiday, editor Wilma Dins .riin noted "there has been no Wide-spread riot in the village, Doranything approaching it". As one who was on. the scene during the Saturday and Sunday morning incident in the resort which resulted in the reading of the Riot Act, Miss Dinnin is undoubtedly one of the most qualified persons to comment on the subject. Unfortunately, it would appear that some of the reports carried by large daily papers were grossly exaggerated, and then too there is also the fact that most people conjure up in their minds something terrible and completely out of order whenever they hear mention of the word "riot", due to the fact it is a word used to describe a multitude of events from a brawl between for or five persons right up to outbreaks of widespread massacre and destruction. Officials in the area summer resort were wise indeed to take quick and effective steps to prevent any such outbreak, and at a time when there is an all too large number of society ready to completely disregard law and authority, the decision of Reeve Stewart Webb and councillors Emerson Desjardine and Ory Wassman are -to be commended. There will always be those ready to argue that reading of the Riot Act was un- warranted and the validity of this argument will never be known. However, under the cir- cumstances, it would have been senseless to take any risk in providing an opportunity for the mob to show any further contempt of the law enforcement of the community by mak- ing them use force to disperse the crowd. A mob is one of the most unpredict- able forces known to man. A single word or movement has been known to incite people PAID ON GUARANTEED TRUST CERTIFICATES to wanton destruction, looting and bloodshed. Some business people in the resort may fear that the widesspread publicity on the Labour Day incident will give the resort a bad name and will result in a loss of re- spectable clientele and a drawing attraction for those who are looking for excitement and an opportunity to carry on their hoodlum- type antics. Such fears would appear to be un- founded, Coming on the final weekend of the summer season, memory of the incident will be forgotten by most by the time next year's busy tourist season rolls around. And too, such incidents do not defame a community as much as most would think, Shameful though it may be, there is hardly a day when one cannot read or hear about some act of violence in some community; whether it be a race riot, labour dispute, teen- age gang or all other types of incidents which mar our supposedly intelligent space-age so- ciety. Most communities have some such skel- eton in their closet somewhere and certainly Grand Bend should not be downgraded any more than they. By the same token, there are few com- munities whose officials can be congratulated for taking such immediate and effective ac- tion as was displayed at Grand Bend, and this in itself should be reassuring to any look- ing for a safe holiday spot. At the same time, some serious con- sideration should be given by the resort coun- cil, ratepayers and businessmen as to the cause of the weekend trouble and how they may take steps to assure that no future inci- dents of that nature will beset them again. • issued in amounts from $100 upwards for 3, 4 or 5 years. • earn the above indicated interest, payable half-yearly by cheque. • authorized investment for all Canadian Insurance Companies and trust -funds. Put police in better position STERLING TRUSTS 372 Bay St., 35 Dunlop St., Toronto Barrie 73 Mississaga E., Orillia While on vacation I usually read a great many novels which I otherwise wouldn't have time for. Writers are supposedly sensitive to the driving forces of our time. Indeed, they play a major role in actually creat- ing attitudes and opinions. In past summers I have tend- ed to concentrate on classics -- acknowledge d masterpiec- es. This year, for a change of pace, I concentrated on recent productions. I was intrigued by the fact that such diverse personalities as Perry Rockwood and Roman Catholic Archbishops are con- cerned about trends in modern literature. The writer of the Religious Editorials In the London Free Press said in August, "Many of us are disturbed by the vio- lence, the despair and the fruit- lessness which characterize the writings of our literary per- formers. These poets and ar- tists are saying that man does not live by bread alone. They do not have much to offer the way-faring pilgrim, But at least they know that this frantic striv- ing to satisfy the physical man leads to despair and a vast weariness of spirit," My own church has said, "While recognizing how dif- ficult it is to define obscenity and while not desiring to re- strict the reading of respon- sible adults we commend the law of our land which forbids the (publication, distribution, or circulation of any obscene matter'. We urge the more rigid enforcement of the law with regard to lewd, sugges- tive books." "We urge the people of our church to set an example by refusing to buy this kind of However 1..t important to notice that $$% of the country's exports are greNYTI in this area, This shows that the African farmer does not grow much More produce than he can live on, Most people recognize this problem to Some extent and the agricultural schools are gliding solutions by research and eqhce• cation at a tremendous rate, I visited Edgerton College at Vlore and found this to be the case, In 1960 the school pro- duced under 100 graduates each year but this year graduated 220 with the hopes Of haying room for 120 extra students next year. The lack of teachers, facili- ties and money on the students part have prevented their corn- ing to these schools. Government is now support, ing these schools so that grad- uates will be able to fill inspec- tion and managerial posts as well as producing the type of farmer needed here. A second step the government has taken is to grant loanS to farmers to improve their crops and livestock.. Many of the far- mers that we are helping have bought milk cows because the dairy industry is getting on its feet and is paying the farmer quite well. Since the emergency from 1952-1960 and Independence on Dec. 12, 1963, some Europeans have moved back to Britain because they feel there is no future for them here. The goV- ernment has bought these farms, broken them up into smaller farms and loaned mon- ey to promising African farm- ers. Those areas that were plann- ed carefully are succeeding but due to the speed of organization other areas are having grave difficulties. Kenya's agriculture is also faced with soil and water con- servation problems, animal and plant diseases (although these are being controlled) and the changing of certain tribes such as the Masai from nom ad i cattle herders to a settled land tilling life. These cattle are of the humped back cattle belong- ing to the Zebu species. Since Kenya's agriculture in- come depends so much on the world market price of coffee, tea, etc., she is at the mercy of this price. Thus, if the price of any of her commodities drops drastically, the whole economy suffers. Our group has travelled through the coffee, tea, sisal, pyrethrum and sugar cane areas and I feel that the potential here is terrific. Kenya has very few mineral and forest resources and thus agriculture must grow if the country is to grow. I am very optimistic about the future there because when the scientific knowledge that the schools are teaching gets to the farmers, as it is now, the increase in production will be amazing. 11 Their bitter conclusions are a call to action. In short I find much of mo- dern literature to be far too accurate in its analysis of our condition. John Calvin would undoubtedly say: "This is how it is without the Living God!" literature and support allbook- sellers who desire to eliminate this type of literature from the shelves of their stores." To get an inside look at this subject, I read ten recent novels in August. I started with "The Carpetbaggers". This was un- doubtedly the filthiest book I have ever read. It makes "Lady Chatterly's Lover" read like a nursery rhyme. There is a su- perabundance of adultery, homosexuality and lesbianism. In fact it is an excellent cata- logue of modern moral disin- tegration. Censorship will not work. The minute you ban a "Fanny Hill", or "The Carpetbaggers" you merely, by some strange perversity of human nature, increase the demand. Prohibi- tion and restriction of legal out- lets for alcohol has precisely the same effect. Perhaps what we should be aiming for is not censorship or prohibition. We should be aiming to develop the ability to discriminate between dif- ferent types of literature. If I had just read the "Carpet- baggers" my opinion would have been 'rotten to the core'. If I had only read James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, my opin- ion wouldn't have improved. I read three of these strangely popular novels. I found them exciting in their glorification of sadism, violence, and sex. They were good "escape" literature. Perhaps he's trying to say we're producing a world where these things are our only 'gods'. I also read two novels writ- ten thirty years ago — Stein- beck's "To A God Unknown", and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise". These im- proved my opinion but they aren't exactly "recent" novels, I finally hit what I found to be an excellent novel, Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird". As with the others there is sharp criticism of meaningless irrelevant religion. But her cri- ticism was valid. Perhaps this is the basic difficulty today. Our modern writers see life as it too often is. They see how little real impact religion has had. beatings and obstructions, it is encouraging to see magistrates pronouncing stiffer penal- ties against those who have the feeling they can become a law unto themselves. At the same time, it should be noted that perhaps the law—and to some extent the police themselves—bring about some of this contempt of law enforcement. Examples of this can be seen at Grand Bend this summer where raids were carried out on pinball machine operators and a bingo game, and also the warning on the final Sun- day of the summer certain entertainment fa- cilities should either close or face prosecution under the Lord's Day Act, If these things are against the law, then it is right that action should he taken against them. But how can law makers and enforcers explain why action should he brought against them on one particular day when they have been openly operating in the resort for many years without any such action? Or how can they come up with a plaus- ible explanation of why the resort operators were hit when persons operating other' open unlawful activities are allowed to continue? The answer may come in the fact that certain of our laws are archaic and complete- ly out of step with our modern society. If this is the case they should be quick- ly altered and then enforcement agencies should stage a relentless crackdown until such time as all persons are adhering to the law. Policemen should not be expected to decide which laws are to be enforced and which should not because they are against the trends of society; and making them do this is one of the reasons some people gain grounds for criticising them. Policemen should never be in the posi- tion where they can justifiably walk past one offender to arrest another as they have ap- pararently been doing in Grand Bend for many years. • ...k . . :26.UnitiafflitMiriMaP;;?,ZM : ZZIIMME Persons carefully reading last week's edition of this paper would notice the follow- ing situations: members of a soccer team be- ing charged with obstructing a police officer in his duties, four persons failing to obey the Riot Act, one youth charged for assaulting a police officer, a general disrespect for police. men at Grand Bend and derogatory remarks regarding police actions at the resort. While everyone is entitled to his opin- ions, most of the remarks and all the actions point up to one of our most serious problems —that of an apparent contempt of the police and also the law which they have been author- ized to enforce. In Exeter court last week, Magistrate Glenn Haves cited the case of obstruction of a police officer as perhaps a sign of the times and a misconception in peoples' minds as to the role of a police officer, and there appears to be little argument with this thought. Policemen are not the law. They only enforce the laws which are set up by the democratic process to make this nation a safe and moral place in which to live. Policemen do not say we can't drink until we are 21. The law does, They do not say we can't drive over 60 m.p.h. on certain highways. The law does. They do not say we can't beat up on people. The law does. Magistrate Hays probably put his fin- ger on one of the idiosyncracies of most peo- ple when he pointed out they demand police protection for themselves, their families and also demand quick action by the police if they have been wronged by another person having broken the law, but at the same time they are very displeased when caught for breaking the laws themselves. In fact, as the reports would indicate, some people even go to the point of using physical force against the po- lice when they are apprehended. Due to the increased number of police BATT'N AROUND WITH THE EDITOR Can't make money that way r. Deputy-Reeve Ralph Bailey gave us some information this week that is encouraging in one respect, but makes the circulation department of this newspaper feel rather ill. He explained he sent his daughter in Germany a subscription of the paper, and she sent back anote telling of hoW much she enjoyed receiving the news from home. However, Sheila added that after she is finished with it, she passes it along to another Air Force couple who used to reside in Exeter some time before being transferred over- seas. That of course is one subscription We don't get, but that's only part of the story. The latter couple named also pass the paper along to another couple who were previously stationed at Centralia. And that makes another subscription we don't get. From here on, Sheila loses track of the paper, although it is quite possible, we suppose, that it is passed on even farther. While we're glad to have such ar- dent readers, we're thankful most people want the paper as soon as it hits the street and therefore buy a subscription rather than waiting for 50 YEARS AGO Friday evening a number of ladies met in the town hall and organized for the purpose of preparing material for the use of soldiers at the front and for Red Cross needs. Usborrie has a volunteer at Valcartier. Loftus Hem who went west a year ago enlisted there. Civic Holiday was celebrated in Exeter September 15. During the past ten days what will be known as the Battle of the Aisne has been in progress and it will probably be the greatest fight of the war. The great cathedral of Rheims has been destroyed by the German artillery. <' .-'.r , aaaaaLiaratigailtaaaaliagaiaaa, Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1881 AMalgemated 1024 a branch of the Canadian Red Cross. 15 YEARS AGO An open house for the new Bank of Montreal building at Dashwood will be held this Sat- urday. The new County bridge at Elimville on the St. Marys road was officially opened last Sat- urday when Mrs. William Mor- ley, the former Leona Pym, cut the tape just after her wedding in Elimville church. Miss Frances Taylor is at- tending normal school at Lon- don. A former Grand Bendpastor, Rev. Stephen James mathers Bb, MA, has been appointed principal of Alma College, St. Thomas. another to pass a paper along to them. But the story has One moral. There are a great number of people who en- joy keeping contact with their home town, and a T-'A subscription makes a wonderful gift. It's one that's re- membered throughout the year and the cost is small. It may be early for Christmas shopping, but a subscription for a friend, relative or someone whom you wish to thank for a favour, is an ideal gift. And at this time, perhapS we Should send along greetingS to all Exeter friends stationed overseas. It Sounde as though most of them read the paper. ,zza,,SQ.0=40:17X4 lite tufo imes-3Wocafe SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W.N.A., O.W.N.A,, C.C.N.R. and ABC PUBLISHERS: J. M. Southcott, R. M. Southcolt EDITOR: William Batten wutir Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter, Ont. Authorized A S Sec O% orici dass Mail, Post Office D Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash Paid.in,Adyance Circulation, September 30, 1963, 3,828 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada $4.00 Per Year; USA $5.00 . "NOW T110e tb Oh the scales to -reach W" 25 YEARS AGO Under the leadership of Ang- lican and United Church clergy- Men and under the inspiration of the Citadel Salvation Artily Band of London the annual de- coration service at St. James church blandeboye, WaS turned into one of dedication to "“Peace Through Patriotism.” The guest of honor was Rev.. K. McGown ' a former rector' under whom the Service was initiated 16 years ago. Parliainent voted for war at 10:23 o'Cleck Saturday night. The Dominion is committed to stand with Bkitain in the fight against Hitler. With a temperature of 95 degrees Friday of last week was the hottest day of 1939. A public meeting was held in the thWri hail Friday evening- for the purpose of organizing 10 YEARS AGO The new 60-bed addition to the Huron County Horne at Clinton is nearing completion and 40 of the residents are occupying quarters in the new building. A sudden 80 mph gust of wind Tuesday morning blew a large Metal-sheeted roof off the barn of Howard Kekslake, one mile south of Exeter. The wind last- ed five minutes. Miss Frances Clarke, datigh-6 ter of Rev. and 'Mrs. J. T. Clarke, centralia, was pre- sented as a full-time service in the lid of Canada at a set-, vice in Centralia 1.10 Sunday night. Toth Easton, Exeter, is the Winner of the $100 Scholarship available to those entering the first' ear of the /51Plorna, cultural Course at CAC.