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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-11-26, Page 2A Most Unusual Gift Your boy or girl will get the surprise of their life. A book of 15 tickets ($2) makes an excellent stocking stuffer. Think of the fun he'll have. A thought- ful gift for the paper boy. Contact Alvin Willert at the Arena Send cheques. We' 11 mail out the tickets. What Would You Do If You Went Blind Today? EDITORIALS Support the CNIB campaign S. B. TAYLOR, EXETER M, PYETTE, HENSALL .GUEST OPINION. A complicated .process More than a memory His age will vary from eight or , nine years of age, right through to 18 yeare of age, er older. During this period of time, he will be transformed froM' 'dbild to an adult in- dividual, And during this trans- formation, he has to mature both phypically, mentally and emo- tionally. This maturing procedure ap- pears to be very simple, but it is a complicated process. If it was just a matter of growing up, there would be no problems. However, these teenagers are subjected to many stresses and tensions during this maturing process which will have an effect on the "finished pro- (The ,follewing is a reprint from the bulletin of the Jarnee Street p hur h AQTS Men's club. it was written by the editor of the bnlletin, Dr. A. W. Read.) New I would like to write about something a little dif.. ferent. This is about our teen- agers — or as a better term, the adolescent. Viet follews are just ideas and opinione as they come tp me. We should all be interested in our teenager and help him in every way we can, because he is going to be our future generation. What is an adolescent, or teenager? He is a youngster striving to become an adult. ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne "Ask not what yeur country can do for you, but what you can do for your coun-try," The originator of those words, the late John. F, Kennedy, was $010111111y and sadly re- membered throUghout the world Sunday, on the first anniversary of his assassination in Dallas. It is day that needs remembering, John. Kennedy was. a :man that needs to be. remembered. We need to remember his strength in standing up for what he believed to be good and moral. We need to remember his dedica- tion in the job for which he had been chosen. We need to remember his ideals, courage and convictions. But we break faith with great leaders of the calibre of John F. Kennedy if we re- member only, To pay the tribute he deserves we must pick up the torch he passed. We must never permit the things for which he stood to die, -for that would be more fatal to humanity than the bullets fired by Lee Har- vey Oswald. On many occasions the rifle with which Labels don't fit we can "assassinate" the things for which he stood--and was respected and endeared—Will be thrust into our hands. Many area residents will pull the trig- ger this week by not accepting the nomina- tion for public office for which they have the ability, But others will be even more guilty through their apathy by not even taking time out to attend their municipal nomination meeting. The trigger will be pulled at Christmas by many who will think only of themselves and not of those less fortunate who need their help •and for whom John F. Kennedy diligent- ly worked. Words, deeds and thoughts of preju- dice, bigotry and hate will also fire deadly bullets, And similar to all bullets, they will do damage regardless of whether they are shot intentionally or without thought. John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas on November 22, 1963. A great man died. Every resident of the free world has a responsibility to ensure that his memory lives and his ideals are upheld. He represents the taxpayers The budget of Huron County Council is fast approaching the $2,000,000 bracket. And on top of that, councillors at their ses- sions last week were considering the addition of 100 beds at Huronview and were also urged to give consideration to the erection of a new jail in conjunction with a setup in- volving three or four neighboring counties. It is obviously big business. County council also administers health and welfare, many miles of roads, EMO, li- brary service, and many other pieces of busi- ness which directly involve every resident of Huron County. It is obviously vital business. Because it is conducting business that is big and vital, every taxpayer has a right to know what goes on in county council. They have the right to know how their money is being spent. They have the right to know how the opinions and statements being made by the county councillors at their various ses- sions throughout the year. Realizing this, the six major weekly newspapers in Huron County formed a pool a few years ago and each receives reports of the sessions from W. R. Elliott, a veteran and extremely reliable newspaper reporter from Goderich. At present this is the only way in which the majority of Huron residents are kept abreast of reports of the sessions. This is the only way in which the majority can find out how their money is being spent and haw the vital business is being conducted. As a representative of the weekly newspapers in Huron, and therefore the rep- resentatives of the majority of Huron resi- dents, Mr. Elliott should 'be courteously re- ceived at all council sessions. At present he is not. Nor are repre- sentatives of the two daily newspapers which cover county council sessions. They are not given the consideration of a special press table reserved strictly for their use. While there is a table at which Mr. Elliott generally sits, he often finds it filled with visitors to the sessions, and there is noth- ing to show these visitors that Mr. Elliott has any priorority in the use of the table. In a note to the Huron editors this week, Mr. Elliott reports he attended the fu- neral of the ex-mayor of Goderich, John Huckins, with county council members, and on returning found the press accommodation in use by visitors. All other chairs were in use and Mr. Elliott was unable to get a re- port of the sessions for the people of Huron County. "This situation occurred at the Janu- ary meeting, and I am not going to fight over it again," Mr. Elliott stated in his note. "I represent six Huron county weeklies and if I am a nuisance to county council, the edi- tors may as well know it. If on the other hand I have some right there, a chair at the press desk would seem to be a minimum ack- nowledment " As a representative of the majority of Huron residents, a reserved chair for Mr. El- liott at a special press desk is indeed a mini- mum acknowledgment by county councillors that the people of this county have the right to know how this big and vital business is being conducted. BATT'N AROUND WITH THE EDITOR Some strange similarities duct'', School occupies a good part of a teenager'S time. At sanel, he is subjected to lectures, classes, and exams, etc. He has to keep up with his class, and many even try to be better than average. lie has homework and studies which become more dif- ficult with each grade. He is also expected to par- ticipate in sports and extra curricular activities. Outside the school, his time is further occupied by group activities such as scouts, guides, church activities etc. As a teenager grows up, his behavior and attitudes will vary. He may think and act as an adult at one time, and then he may appear to be right back at the start of his growing up process at another time. This, too, makes it difficult for him, and difficult for us when we try to understand him. Another thing we have to re• member is that a teenager, as he grows, is in a continual state of change. For example, at first these youngsters are interested in their own sex, and usually do things in groups. As they mature, they become more of an individual, and in- terested in individual activities. They also begin to recognize the opposite sex, Then dating, with all its problems, will follow. So you can see that a teenager, because of all his varied activi- ties, interests, and problems, etc. associated with this matur- ing age, is subjected to many tensions and emotions. We have to help our teenager by our attitudes and behavior in our own homes. We have to give him g u idane e and discipline which he may rebel at, but will be appreciated in the long run. We have to remember that he will want to be independent, and yet still feel he can come home for help. We have to educate our teen- ager in the matters of sex, and this should begin at an early age. We have to teach him the value of money, and the values of an education or vocation. Always remember that when we try to help our teenager, that they are of one generation and we are of another. Time now moves faster, distant places are now much closer, our knowledge and education is far more complex and intensive. These and other factors make it difficult for us to help and understand them. However, it is our duty to help them. From us, they must receive 1 o v e, understanding, patience, guidance, and discip- line. They will have many ques- tions to be answered about many things, including sex. We have to give them the opportunity to ask these questions, and then we have to answer these questions the best we can, and not try to avoid them. Alter these youngsters have grown up, and have gone through this maturing process, they will become adults. There will al- ways be a few that will go astray, but only a very few. The ma- jority will manage to survive this difficult, and yet wonder- ful period of growing up. They will make mistakes along the way, just as we did. Yet these mistakes can be con- sidered as part of the process Of learning, maturing and grow- ing which, with our help, will make these youngsters of today, the responsible adults of to- morrow that we as parents can be truly proud of. prejudge, they don't allow them- selves to be deluded and misled by stereotyped thinking. They are willing to approach each other with a desire to learn — more power to them. SAME PROBLEM The same type of problem exists on the political level. The nation to the south of us has a great fear of anything close to 'pink' in social thought. In the times of McCarthy, when- ever a minister or an econo- mist, indeed anyone, pressed for anything resembling social advance, he was labelled a Com- munist or 'sympathizer'. So people like the John Birch So- ciety have labelled everyone from Eisenhower to Kennedy a 'tool of the Communists'. What is our attitude to oth- ers who hold different econo- mic, political, and social views from our own? Do we listen to what socialists are trying to say? Do we respect them and allow them to state their case? Do we try to appreciate their position or do we refuse to learn? Further, what is the social- ist's attitude to the conserva- tive? Does he just dismiss him as an old fogey or does he see the truth the conservative stands for? Here again I find a spirit of give and take in this area.I find that the old feeling 'my party, right or wrong' is breaking down. I find a willingness to discuss, to debate, to recon- sider positions. This I believe is healthy. This attitude must go with us too in our relationships with in- dividuals. We are often too quick to write off 'teenagers' or 'old people'. We often prejudge each other without really taking the time to listen to each other and learn from each other. Our Lord's words "Judge not that ye be not judged" are a valuable guide. I don't feel that we can apply them literal- istically and rigidly. The fact is we have to make many value judgments every day of our life. But we can vow to apply the spirit of those words and not just dismiss the positions of groups or individuals which dif- fer from our own. Comments or criticism wit I be wet- corned. Write PO Box 37 Exeter With the assassination of John F. Kennedy receiving considerable in- terest over the weekend, we have re- ceived some interesting information in regard to several similarities be- tWeen Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln, as well as their respective assassins, Lee Harvey Oswald and John Wilkes Booth. The article, which was apparently printed in an Arrierican newspaper, was sent in by our Hensall corres- pondent, Mrs. Maude Hedden. It was passed onto her by several Hensall residents. The remarkable parallels are as follows: 1. Both Lincoln and Kennedy have (:).TD- 'TIMES' . . . as an individual or on behalf 'of an association, corporation or group? 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Wampum was legal tender among Indians until the early 1880's. in the White House, 9, Lincoln's secretary whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the Ford theatre. 10. Kennedy's sec r et ary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him not to go to Dallas. 11. Both Lincoln and Kennedy were carried to their burial place on the same caisson. 12. Both Booth and 0Swald were southerners favouring unpopular ideas. 13, Both Booth and Oswald were murdered before trial could be ar- ranged. 14. Booth was born in 1839. Oswald was born in 1939. seven letters in their names. 2. Both had the legality of their election contested. 3. Both were directly connected with the issue of civil rights. 4. Both men were shot to death and were slain in the presence of their wives. They were shot on a Friday. 5. Lincoln Was elected in 1860. Kennedy was elected in 1960. 6. Their successors were both named Johnson and were southerners. 7. Andrew JohnSon was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908. 8. Both presidents' wives lost children through death while residing Mates Estiblished 1873 Advotate Established 1881 Amalgamated 924 50 YEARS AGO G. E. Mills, High School In- spedtor of Toronto, was in the village, (Crediton) inspecting the Continuation room of the school. Reeve Taylor Of EXeter, Reeve Routly of USbOrne, Reeve Elliot and Deputy Reeve Year- ley of Stephen left for Goderich Tuesday to attend County Coun- cil. Mr. Russell Flynn, who 'has been engaged on the Times staff, left Saturday evening for Waterloo where he 'will work In a job office. Mr. John Bell has ptirthised the Old Treble farm on Um- don Road just south of town. etderlrimesittuocak SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Merebar: C.e.N.R. and ABC PUBLISHERS: J. M. S•utheett, It. M. ioutheett EDITOR: W011am Batton 'the company that shows 100% interest in you!" HEAD OFFICE: STRATFORO, ONTARIO Published Each Thursday Morning at Exeter? Ont. Atothisriaad at Second Class Mall, Past Offlee DiVt, Ottawa, Sod far Payment tit Postage in Cash Pilictin-Advance Circulation, September 30, 1963, 3,828 StitteliPtioN RATES: Canada $4.00 Per Year; USA 0.00 C. V. Barrett, Manager 425 Main Street, Exeter Telephone: 2354530 25 YEARS AGO License plate's in Ontario for automobiles for 1040 will be bright yelloW in color "with black numerals and lettetsi Five Of nine members of the family Of Garfield Latta, don, 16 Heptien Township, were rushed to victoria Rbtipital early Thursday evening by atilt balance when MOO, t4t swept thr Oti dh their ar011y, Was idolitiffOd as typhoid fever. Hamilton of Allaa Craig as Medical health officer, ad- ministered the "second Innocu- latien for diphtheria to the school Children in this Members of the CathOlidWo- men'S League, the Holy Name Soddy, the Catholic Youth Or, genitation are playing an active. part in the work of the Red Gross Society. 15 YEARS AGO Tenders are being called for the erection of an eighteen- claSStoOM Scheel at the Ceni- tralia, airport, where a tinge tiOnsing project is now well Underway: According to the latest as- sessment Exeter's population is now 2401. Contributions to the Exeter District Hospital Fund have now reached the half-way mark. The Exeter girls spitball club, chainOiofis of the southern group of Western Ontario AMA- tent Athletic Association, Were honored at a civic bahquet at the Central. Hotel Friday evening, 16irtAllS Add Beth Taylor "WAS preSented with h. WI scholarship of $100 at the annual provincial meet- Ink in TerOlite. She is roes, tered in the first year at Mac- donald conegg. Hebert Helen of RR 1 lieneell captured two Of IOW' first prises iii ,market Hereford steers at the RoYal winter Fair lad week to become Ontariocattletnaniii ati the class. We would simplify our value judgments considerably if we could just label people and in- stitutions in the same way we label vegetables and fruit. How superficial, how facile some people are in their application of labels to other people, How easily some people can say, "This is a Christian act", or "That is an evil act", or "he is good,", or "he is bad", Even in buying and selling I have found that the old adage holds true, 'you can't tell abook by its cover'. So, inspite of the 'brand name' push in advertis- ing I find that a particular label doesn't always assure you of quality. I find that labelling of people and institutions is no more effective. This cut and dried, black and white attitude to peo- ple and institutions reflects a refusal to think. It's escapism which refuses to face, consider, and grapple with the often com- plex issues involved. It is a refusal to see that many of our decisions are made in a' grey' area where the issues simply are not black and white — good or evil. In real life there is often a mixture of the two so that our decisions are often a compromise —choosing the lesser of two evils if you like, For example, in what facile fashion some people can say, "Unions are evil", or "We are to be content with what .we have". Do they not see that this type of 'contentment' only frees the selfish and the greedy to milk people? Do they not see that this pietistic quietism, this other- worldly escapism only makes it possible for one segment of the population to feather their own nests at the expense of the common good? In the same fashion some people can look at the Church as an institution and say, "It's irrelevant, it's out of touch with people it has nothing to say to -our time". Agreed that the Church on the whole has often stuck its head in the sand and 'let the rest of the world go by'. But today the Church is going throUgh a period of 'soul searching'. It is attempting to clarify its thinking. It is attempting to re- examine its area of concern. It is asking, "Just what do we have to say in our time? Just what does God want us to do now in His name?" The fact is that the Church is composed of people and you just can't make blanket predeter- mined, stereotyped, general., izatioriS or judgments ab Otit people. For example yOu 'can't just write off any one denomi- nation, any one approach, With- mit first attempting to under- stand their poSition sympathe- tically ,- without coming to loOk at it with a deSite to positively and constructively appreniate it. Any denomination is a com- plex thing. is difficult for example to say, "Reman olitS Say this Or that". The fact is that ROMe'S position can no longer be judged by the position taken at Trent in the 15000 S. Liberals, progressiveS and conservatives in that Church are all Wrapped up in heart searching for reasonable ans4- Wets as to what the Church is to say end do in our this is happening in all groups. TOO- OftOri a liberally Minded .person Will look at one who thinks differently,. label him a 'rabid fundamentalist' and welts hint off. A censer- vative person will look 'at him liberal'. and Write hini Off AS a 'dirty Nbithr One Cara to. atirnit that the Other is Sink dere .+-'-'neither• one cares to try and appreciate the point of view of the Other. Fortunately that's A1'0.060016 in MIS area, on both tided'', Vie are willing to listen •atict. witting to' • •learn, they .don't A 4, P. 4.V.4 , /74/1.4.,/,:<4'40/../ 4,0$ ef9.4.W.7.4fikagefili0