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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-02-25, Page 2"This neck decoration fad is okay, but does it have to be so doggone expensive?" Norman Stanlake, R. G. Seldon, Chairman Secretary-Treasurer Puts the things you want within your reach 41111Mast this Sunday, Wednesday afternoon and during the evening throughout the week, Graham Arlhur Delays appear beneficial There may be a tendency on the part of some people to be critical of the SHDHS board for planning an addition the depart- ment of education now terms "inadequate", but such criticism is certainly unwarranted, especially In view of the fact the board has been on a. path actually outlined for them by department officials. The situation boils down to the fact that education is moving at such a rapid pace that plans made one year are often obsolete by the next, and under such circumstances it is an impossibility for any group to keep abreast at all times. The addition now being sought for SHDHS is a perfect example of this. More than a year ago, the board was planning a small academic addition to follow recom- mendations of department officials; this was changed a few months ago as the department felt limited vocational facilities should be built; and now, it is becoming 'apparent that by the time the addition is built it will con- tain full vocational facilities and be much larger than what had ever been dreamed a year ago. Full vocational facilities had been ex- pected at SHDHS in the future, but the in- creasing school population has now sped this up much faster than previously anticipated. To figure out where all the students are coming from is extremely difficult, be- cause the population in the area has not in- creased to the point where facilities for 1,200 students is easily comprehended. But part of the answer comes from the changes in education itself. The building of vocational facilities and a swing from the former educational practice that high schools were to train students only for entrance into higher education has resulted in more stu- dents staying in school for longer periods. Students who do not excel in languages Or sciences or mathematics are now finding a place for themselves in other educational training. In short, education is being geared to the majority of students rather than that small minority who graduate from grade 13, and this has resulted in a great decline in the number of high school "drop-outs". While the projected enrolment figures may .be difficult to comprehend they prob- ably indicate better than anything else that the new thinking on education has been too slow in coming. The SHDHS board has unfortunately spent a great deal of time and effort in plan- ning in the past year and now most of that planning has been partly wasted, but we trust they can gain some consolation from the fact the delays have now put them into a position where they can offer a complete education for all area students at the local school. Exeter Cemetery Board Tariff of Charges The following Revised Tariff of Charges will replace Section XI of the Rules and Regulations of Exeter Public Cemetery, with effect from March 1st, 1965. SALE OF LOTS (PERPETUAL CARE INCLUDED) Four-grave Lot and space for Monument Resident price $ 160.00 Non-resident price $ 175.00 Need concerted effort Two-grave Lot and space for Monument - Resident price $ 100.00 Non-resident price $ 115.00 Single-grave Lot and space for Monument - Resident price $ 50.00 Non-resident price $ 65.00 Third Centre, Three-grave Lot and space for Monument - Resident price $ 165.00 Non-resident price $ 180.00 THE READERS WRITE Annual Charge for Care of Lot which was not in Perpetual Care when purchased $ 2.00 (These lots may be put in Perpetual Care for $50.00 including Section 4, Division 2 and Division 5) Mere 0.087(P an hour Setting Markers in Cement on cement grave or steel vault $ 5.00 ed against them anyway, have changed their minds. Many others have no doubt become more fed up since the FAME fiasco. We were told by men like Mr. McGinnis that the packers were making exorbitant pro- fits, yet FAME only lasted a few weeks. We found that the pork packing business was not as lucrative as we had been told, and also that Mr. Mc- Ginnis was a notoriously poor manager, at least as far as FAME was concerned. This is the man of whom it was said when he headed the hog marketing board, "we have to pay a good salary to get a good man". There has been OPENING GRAVES (Including cement vault) Resident price $ 90.00 Non-resident price $ 95.00 Infants' Graves $ 10.00 Storage for Non-burials ... $ 20.00 Transfer of Lot $ 5.00 talk of a government inquiry into the affairs of FAME. I do not see how the election of Mr. Greb last'year gave the minority an advantage over the majority as you suggest. Surely one vote against 18 could not change many deci- sions, and in any case, and especially in view of the afore- mentioned points, would it not be wise to have a watchdog on this committee? Why should the committee fear one so called outsider? No matter what our personal opinion of Mr. Greb, he has as much right as any to seek election. Huron County Hog Producer* (*Name available on request) NOTICES 1. Planting of Flower Beds and Shrubs is prohibited - except by the Cemetery. 2. Cement vaults will be provided by the cemetery for all graves opened. ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne Dear Sir, To alleviate a problem of dogs running loose in a town one would suggest the employ- ment of a dog catcher and an increase in owner cost to re- claim caught dogs, but no — Exeter has a Council whose so- lution is to raise the cost of dog licences to deter people from owning dogs and thus reduce the number of rovers. The meeting which led to this decision included a statement by Mr. Cudmore that the cost of owning a dog will "only be three cents a day—which isn't very much"! Similarly, the cost is only 0.087 cents per hour which SOUNDS even less but doesn't alter the fact that the cost of licences has been in- creased 150 percent. While Mr. Wright is entitled to his profound opinion that a town is no place for a dog it is trusted that he isn't telling Exe- ter dog owners this in his of- ficial capacity. If he isn't why throw in a $70 red herring. To the writer, the logic dis- played in the resolution on dog tags leaves something to be de- sired. Considering that this gem has now been passed it will be in- teresting to see if a dog catcher is employed, if not where does the increased income go? Per- haps to renovate Mr. Boyle's washroom at the Town Hall? D. Williamson 145 Victoria St. W. Exeter Sex education While the area should welcome the fact that SHDHS is apparently going to have complete vocational facilities, the news will naturally be tempered to some extent by the fact education costs will increase. As all ratepayers know, this is not new. And what they also know is that there has to be a limit somewhere. There are at least two ways in which tax relief can be found. The first is to de- crease costs and the second is to have more help in meeting the costs. If we are to continue providing the best in education, it is doubtful if costs can be decreased substantially and therefore that avenue is almost cut off. However, there 'appear to be some ways of getting help to meet the increasing costs, but it will take the time and effort of more people than are now working toward this end. And in fact it may also require a larger cash investment than what is being made now, and particularly a cash invest- ment by those not making any such invest- ment at the present time. The avenue that can be explored is the one of attaining more industry for the area, and thereby increasing the assessments in the contributing municipalities; and also hav- ing the added advantage of providing some place for our area young people to work aft- er they have received their education.. Some people have the attitude that once vocational training is provided, indus- tries will be anxious to settle in the area to take advantage of the training being given prospective employees. This is quite true to a point, but what many forget is the fact that this education is being provided in most com- munities and therefore the competition re- .nains at its previous level. Schools have a bearing on attracting industries to smaller communities and this was pointed out in a recent speech by the Hon. William Davis, minister of education, when he said "industries planning to locate in a community assuredly check the trans- portation, the water supply, the tax rate and the available labor. But they also look to see whether there are good schools. It is difficult to get executives to go to a smaller commu- nity if their children are not likely to be well educated. And where the community has ME MILIKEDISMEMZEMMIlaile.70 pride in its schools, there 'is far more likely to be the climate of enterprise and success which does so much for industry and com- merce". The South Huron area has many pro. gressive communities; good transportation to many large markets; excellent water supply, especially with the opening of the Lake Hur- on pipeline; and now our education will be comparable to most, both at the elementary and secondary school level. So, there is every good reason to as- sume industry can be attracted. But it will not come of its own free will. We must fight hard in this competitive field to get it. Exeter has been spending about $1,000 in tax dollars a year through the Industrial Corporation to attract industry, and private citizens have been contributing as well. But the funds available are almost negligible in comparison to what some communities are spending — and more to the point, finding that they must spend to compete. The City of Stratford is a good exam- ple to show that it takes considerable promo- tion to attract industry. But their successes also show it is worth it. Exeter alone can not afford to keep up with this type of competition, but the South Huron area may be able to, and per- haps it is time area townships and municipal- ities joined forces in a more concentrated ef- fort to attract industry and add needed as- sessment and job opportunities for the young- sters on whom we are spending so much in education costs. With the International Flowing Match coming to Huron in 1966, this may well pro- vide an avenue of making the benefits of this area widely known to many industrial lead- ers, especially in the agriculture industry for which Huron is ideally suited. But the time for planning 'a concen- trated bid on behalf of area municipalities for industrial expansion is now, and should include all area municipalities, each of which is vitally concerned. The local Industrial Commission should be able to provide the needed leadership in getting area officials to sit down at a meet- ing in the near future to discuss this urgent matter. —77,14MITZ1====r...,:Mtr BATT'N AROUND BY THE EDITOR Lack of love expensive BANK OF MONTREAL Although this page already has an "educational" flavour, we'll carry it one step further with the following bit of information dropped into the office this week by an area school teacher. In part it points up quite vividly that education costs are perhaps not so high after all, especially in compari- son with some of the other expendi- tures made with tax dollars. The information was gleaned from the Canadian Teachers' Federation news letter and is as follows: "Those who complain that educa- tion is costing too much might con- sider what they get for their education dollar. Then consider this: The cost of ONE new prototype bomber with hill equipment equals one year's sal- ary for 250,000 teachers, 30 science facilities each with 1,000 students, Warped facts To the editor, Is it not strange how facts can be slanted to suit a purpose? In saying this I refer to the editorial in The Times-Advo- cate of Feb. 11 entitled, "He hasn't been listening". I do not feel that I should allow the warped facts of this editorial to go unchallenged. Regarding the decisive de- feats of the supporters of Free Enterprise men in the past, I believe that the facts would show that at least one-third of the votes cast were in favour of Free Enterprise men. It seems strange to me that this is 'a surprisingly large vote for F.E. in view of the fact that our opponents have the money—taken from us by com- pulsion—and used in part to put out propaganda through their magazines, etc., to influence farmers to go along with their ideas. They have the money, we haven't. It makes a difference. There is no reason to believe that this one-third who voted against compulsion, and the many of the same opinion who did not vote simply because they thought the dice were load- of having an additive put in with the salt to inhibit corrosion. Of course, they were informed that the idea would not be practical unless all municipalities and the department instituted such a program. The additive mentioned apparently costs only $3.00 per ton of salt and on that basis is almost nominal. And if it works, there are few drivers who wouldn't be far ahead of the game if they were to compare this cost with that of damage done by salt corrosion. It's to be hoped the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton informs all municipali- ties about this additive intime for next year's winter season. It cer- tainly sounds too good to pass up. The assassination of Malcolm X may be heralded by some cynics as a —Please turn to page 4 75 fully equipped 100-bed hospitals, 50,000 tractors or 15,000 harvest- ers." To go a step farther, it wouldn't be very difficult to astound readers with more figures relating to our defence and also our space explora- tions. It would certainly show that our taxes would be very nominal if men throughout the World were content to stay on the earth and live peacefully. To our knowledge, the council at Grand Bend has been the only one in the area to date to show more than a passing interest in saving their rate- payers' autos from salt corrosion during the winter months. They were apparently concerned enough to enquire with the depart- ment of highways on the possibility tiMitilM5210===a1.11MVISIVZir.:73====r:11==71V=ZIMIZIIiiellgellifilMOUNZWAIN=3MICZOOMI Times Established 1873 Advocate Established 1861 Amalgamated 1924 'MY DAV 70 .IA11111011 CA ADIA16 Family finance Plan erefeainteolifiuocale Bring all your personal credit needs I under one roof 11 LOW-COST LIFE-INSURED LOANS iNeter Branch: CHARMS SMITH, Mgr. 0 ftices alas at Centralia, Credium bachwood, Grand Send, lima, 7.ncart, Zurich "He used to talk in his sleep, but lately he whispers, end driving me crazy!" PUBLISHERS: M. Soothcott, R. M. Southcott EDITOR: William Batten Authetised as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept, Ottasesi, and for Payment Of Postage in Cash /1.00172%. , ,..4:1::4:!;=.4ilaTMLSMIIST.M.==n:ZUSESU;;LIMMUMITIEZISAIO As a result of overwhelming support the London Board has planned to enlarge its program. It has guaranteed phy s ic al education teachers full support in the teaching of sex education. This type of education will now start at grade 9 and continue to grade 11. Teachers will handle much of the grade 9 program and medical personnel willlec- ture in grade 10. An experiment started at the grade 8 level last year will be continued and expanded. This year the elementary school pro- gram will be expanded to include girls in grades 6, 7 and 8 and boys in grades '7 and 8. Parents are invited to attend films with their children— at- tendance is voluntary. Last year some parents confided that they benefitted more than t he ir children. There appears to be a grow- ing groundswell in favour of this type of education in the schools. It is therefore puzzling and confusing to quote the fol- lowing statement from Mr. Bell's article: "The department of education has never provided support or protection for teachers who find themselves in difficulty with either school administration of- ficials or the public as a result of instructing students in sex education. Because of this of- ficial attitudephysical educa- tion teachers were reluctant to become involved in a sex education program". Surely it is time the Depart- ment tackled this problem head- on and changed its tune. It is encouraging to hear that On- tario Education Minister Davis has appointed a committee to investigate the whole question. Evidently a report will be hand- ed down soon. I sincerely hope that it takes a more positive point of view and recommends and supports the adoption of the 'London ap- proach' right across the pro- vince. If you would like further in- formation on the London ap- proach and on what is being planned for South Huron, con- tact Dr. R. W. Read in t xeter. Much of the information for this column has come from an excellent article in the London Free Press entitled "Sex Edu- cation: Schools Heed Students' Plea" written by Del Bell. Some of it comes from my own in- volvement in the use of tapes produced for the London schools. Over the last four years a group of London doctors have been giving a series of lectures to senior students. The doctors volunteered a great deal of time. Many of the talks were tape re- corded and were made available to other schools. The doctors found out that the students felt they should have had this information Much earlier. About half of the stu- dents indicated that, they had re- ceived no sex education at home. London obstetricians claim that about half of the adult wo- men they see have apparently never received sex education. They have misconceptions tang- led up in old wives tales and taboos. Many of these miscon- ceptions are passed on to their children. These lectures have received overwhelming approval from parents and students. one doc- tor who spearheaded the intro- duction of the course said: "We tried it on a wide basis and sat back waiting for repercusSions but got commendations in- stead". When students were asked if they felt there was a need for lectures of this type they replied 275 yes, 2 no. Some of us have made use of a couple of these tapes in the South Huron area. The South Huron District High School Board has approved their use. The South Huron Ministerial had the opportunity to hear them and question Dr. R, W. Read. Ihave used them with two groups of teenagers. In my experience with the Board and the Ministerial,Ifind that acceptance and approval is general with only one or two dissenting in each case. Even more important, I think that the parents and teenagers them- selves realize their value. SERVING CANADA'S BEST FARMLAND Member: C.W.N.A.., 0.W.N.A., C.C.N.R. and ABC