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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-06-03, Page 2EDITORIALS Before you go shopping .., ONE MAN'S OPINION by John C. Boyne Just can't be helped Should experiment Read the T-A ads tK.4%44".0.74;tigel: who complain about any need for altering previous schedules to which they have be- come regimented, Unfortunately, many of those in the latter category aim their complaints at those Avho have to make the decisions, regardless of the fact the officials have actually no other choice in the matter. Students attending SHDHS next year— and to some degree their parents—will be faced with many adversities due to the over- crowded situation and the interruptions which will probably take place due to the building program, It will be in the best interests of all concerned if they take an objective look at the situation and realize that the condi- tions will exist due to circumstances over which no one has any control, and are being implemented for the future well being of the students of this district, For those who have already expressed complaints over impending changes and hard- ships, it may be best to point out they come no where near matching those of their pre- decessors who used to attend high school in a dilapidated building made most unpleasant with coal gas fumes and who had to race from one building to another in all types of weather to attend classes. Surely modern day youth and their parents can accept temporary trials and tribu- lations which are generally associated with any progressive change. Over 65 and want more out of life? Investigate an Annuity. The announcement last week that split shifts may have to be implemented at SH- DHS to overcome the overcrowded situation that will exist next term should come as no suprise to anyone, because it was the appar- ent need for more accommodation which prompted the board to embark on their plans for an addition over a year ago. Changes in those plans of course are well known to everyone and have created a delay in providing necessary space for this September. The T-A report on the situaticn last week was misleading to some extent as we suggested there would be 200 more students thy are presently being accommodated here. Actually, it should have explained that there will be 200 more students next year than what there will be pupil places. However, the situation remains much the same no matter which way you look at it and it is going to create a major headache for the new principal, Douglas Palmer. He has already suggested the need for split classes and hopes that this will involve only town students so there will be no major switches in the present bus schedule. But this too may be necessary. The use of split shifts has been forced upon many schools clue to similar situations, and natuarally there are those who take the change in their stride and a number also Life on "just enough" income can be a frustrating and dull existence,Yet it's the life led by many people to-day who live on a limited pension. Extra money from interest and dividends on their few investments can help. But in many cases it's still not enough to really enjoy life, Selling investments for cash is a temporary solution but in the long run it means less income and more money worries, The answer is an annuity. It scientifically com- bines interest and capital to provide a guaranteed income for life. It banishes stock market worries. Gives peace of mind. How much income an annuity will provide depends on many factors. Your age, for example, and the kind of annuity you buy. One popular type would give a man age 70 who deposits $10,000, an income of $1,248 a year as long as he lives. For information on an annuity to fit your needs just call the Manufacturers Life representative. A, E. Pym, C.L.U. Representative EXETER Tel: 235.0395 ... MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 11.65 Witnesses are worth more A quarter of a century ago, standard wages in St. Marys were gauged above or below a four-dollar-a-day basis. Insofar as the Magistrate's Court is concerned, that day is still with us, regardless of the fact that the standard day's wage has now risen closer to the fifteen dollar per day mark. The writer recently spent two days in Magistrate's Court, Stratford, and has so far received the remuneration. of a magnificent four dollars. Presumably, we still have a day's pay coming, although at these prices we do not intend to haunt the post office waiting for the cheque. The point of the matter does not lie in the fact that the writer is "miffed", we work on a salary basis and so are not too much affected. However, man should not live for himself alone, and we know that one chap in particular, a witness on the same case, lost lies in the failure to experience one of the central realities of the Christian faith the pre- sence of God's Spirit in our lives, Because once we experience the power of God it is a lead pipe cinch we will know some- thing about Pentecost. We will remember because we will know our God in our own experience to be the living, strengthening, guiding Spirit. In Paul's terms we will be alive— it will mean life and inward power; it will mean new strength and vitality. I know and work with the ministers in this area. To talk of them as "Concerned" does only illustrates that she knows neither them nor their church- es. Two fine men are leaving this community this month. These men have been as kind, as gentle, as concerned as it is possible to be they have shown all the marks of God's Spirit. To deride such men as was done by two letters to our editor portrays a woeful lack of common sense — a simple lack of experience. To all who stand outside look- ing in why not come in and see for yourself? Hundreds of people each week find and ex- perience the Presence of God in our churches inspite of non- perfect ministry. They findGod because He is there. Granted our worship, our preaching is not all it should be but we're aware of it. Listen to what one minister has said: "Religion may not be so wild and emotional as the sect folk make it but in the name of God let it be said that religion is not so tame and dull as the conventional churches have succeeded in making it most of the time." I submit that there is noth- ing dull about worship when people experience and know a new power for living. That can be found each week in any church in our area. over forty dollars in wages by his two days' appearance in court. This is neither fair nor reasonable. The main loser by the way of this cen- tury behind the times financing is not neces- sarily the witness, but rather the police. Al- most any officer will admit privately that it is next to impossible to get witnesses to come forward to testify of their own free will, Con- sidering the loss of wages involved for most persons, plus the admitted inconvenience, this is not to be wondered about. The entire situation boils down to one single question. Is justice worth more than four dollars per day? If the powers-that-be believe it is not, then the present trend to be deaf, dumb and blind, on the part of wit- ness, will no doubt continue. —St. Marys Journal-Argus LETTERS THE EDITOR 41411246311EMRSIESMOMBEVAIMEIL ..i.s=1721192.8=33131$331S" ..13$19 BATT'N AROUND WITH THE EDITOR New shark on horizon Whenever members of various pro- fessions meet for social get-togethers or whatever you may have, the dis- cussion often leads to jibes from a member of one profession about the soft touch or lucrative field a member of the other profession enjoys. Such a discussion ensued at the testimonial banquet held for H. L. Sturgis Saturday night and was start- ed off by Dr. H. H. Cowen, a long- time friend of the retiring SHDHS principal. The local dentist noted he had come to Exeter some two years before Mr. Sturgis, but it was the principal who was retiring first. "That's what it's like to be a teacher rather than a dentist," Dr. Cowen noted in conclusion. However, Mr. Sturgis was quick to point out that teachers lead a more demanding life and their work is of a nature that necessitates early retire- ment. And for this retort he received a routing cheer from many in the audience, which was more than just politeness, because many of them were teachers as well. But then it came time for the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton to take over the microphone and he silenced the teach- er and the dentist with the remark that they both were far better off than politicians, because they could at least make their own decision as to when they would retire, while this was not always possible in the some- times risky business of politics. * * * There is a story elsewhere in the paper about the enjoyable evening at the Legion Hall, but unfortunately space did not permit complete report- ing of all the eulogies spoken on behalf of Mr. Sturgis. However, many of the words spoken would haVe been echoed by any of our readers who came into contact with this man, and so really the many fine things said about him would really not come as "news" to anyone. Seed Beans We have all varieties BEAN CONTRACTS are available Seed and Fertilizer supplied This seed is of a very high quality. It has been all sorted over the electric eyes and sized over special screens for more accurate sowing. We have a full line of . . . CIL FERTILIZERS FOR ANYTHING IN WHITE BEANS See Us —THE BEAN PEOPLE W. G. Thompson & Sons Ltd Hensall 262-2527 Too much help Clandeboye, Ont. May 29, 1965 Dear Sir: I would like to know if we the citizens of this Province could engage price Waterhouse, the so-called experts in their field, to look into the financing of the political parties in Ontario? Then, and only then, would we actually know who and what we were voting for on election day. Could anyone in the govern- ment inform me how much these P rice Waterhouse reports cost? I would like to commend the Bean Board and our plant man- ager for the excellent job they have done for the growers. But gentlemen, you have committed the unforgiveable sin of doing too much for the lowly farmer. Yours truly Roy Cunningham. Almost all of the recent criti- cism directed at the Church has been aimed at the pulpit. "The Comfortable Pew", "Why the Sea Is Boiling Hot" and our very own "Concerned" writer, who is not concerned enough to sign her name, all take pot shots at the clergy. Now, no one — least of all me will try to deny that there are weaknesses in the pulpit. Yet I think the average working minister is well aware of this. We are probably the most intro- spective self-critical group in the world. Sure there are prob- lems in the pulpit but the clergy is not the Church. There are problems in the pew too. The effectiveness of any minister depends to a great extent on the people with whom he is trying to communicate. If there is a lukewarm, indif- ferent response; if there is no concerned attempt to relate the Word to the world and faith to life then pretty soon the fire goes out in the pulpit but it has probably previously turned to ashes in the pew. It is true that people do not often find spiritual strength and real heartening power in our churches. It is true that much that is done in our churches lacks fire, inspiration, and vi- tality. But don't blame this on the clergy alone. Our problem is that we are all too concerned about things other than trying to realize the Ever Present Power of God's Spirit. In fact, many of our people in the established churches, know very little about Pente- cost or the Holy Spirit — and this may well be a lot of our trouble. A couple of years ago a United Church minister found that out of '75 teachers college students in his class, only two knew what Pentecost was when he asked the question on an exam. One of our Presbyterian men felt that our students would surely do better so this year he asked 40 of them in the same college the same question. He found to his amazement that only one knew the significance or meaning of Pentecost. Now, that doesn't speak well for our pulpits or our Church Schools but all the blame can't be placed there. A minister can communicate intellectual truth but he can't guide it into the bones, the wills or the mo- tivating forces in people's lives. We ministers can talk until we are blue in the face about the Presence and Power of the Spirit of God but the lights don't come on in your house when you talk about them. You have to flick the switch. You have to conduct the experiment your- self. It is no surprise to me that people still answer Paul's ques- tion, "Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?" in the same terms that the group of Ephesians answered Paul: "We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost." Our people have heard but that is not enough. The problem principals at SHDHS will too stand at the doors of the school waiting for tardy pool players, and may even hear the "excuse" that some shark from London by the name of H. L. Sturgis was putting on an exhibition of the finer arts of the grand and honourable game of billiards. It's probably as plausible as some of the excuses Mr. Sturgis has been handed. Readers no doubt would be slightly surprised at the choice of gift pre- sented on behalf of the board, teach- ers, maintenance staff and cafeteria workers. But they received word from good sources that a pool table would indeed be an ideal gift. We know for a fact that many of our contemporaries would suggest that the gift came many years too late, for if Mr. Sturgis had been an avid fan of the game, the punishment handed out when they arrived late at school after a game at the local billiard parlour may have been less severe. The task of presenting the gift fell to Elmer Bell, Q.C., and when he had finished there was naturally little doubt in anyone's mind that the right man had been chosen. The local lawyer pointed with dis- dain to the fact that many graduates of SHDHS did not possess the ele- mentary skills required in this par- ticular field of endeavour and some had even gone out into the world without knowing the meaning of the word "side-pocket" or without under- standing of the terminology, "behind the eight ball". "How long since we turned out a first class snooker player at our school?" he wanted to know. However, he explained that the lack on the part of the students was prob- ably the fault of the principal. "What chance has a pupil when the principal is lacking in the skill?" he questioned. But then the board member went on to say that the blame should probably rest with the board as they had never provided Mr. Sturgis with the working tools to develop the skills, and at this point a cue and counting board were presented — the pool table being too large to move to the hall. Mr. Sturgis said he was deeply touched by the presentation, adding it came as quite a surprise as he hadn't realized the donors had known his weaknesses so well. So, it may well be that future IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII GROWING BEANS ? ? Many quips were featured in the speeches of the night and many "sur- prise" facts were revealed, not the least of which was thefact Mr.Sturgis was once an Akela of the Exeter Cubs. Dr. Cowen made this announcement, adding that the principal often had to light his own fires at the scout hall, sweep the floor and even bring the firewood. However, Mr. Sturgis informed the group that Dr. Cowen was his "su- perior" in the Scout movement at that time and he had to do all thoSe menial chores on the dentist's orders. W. T. Laing, assistant superintend- ent of the department of education, and a classmate of Mr. Sturgis in 1921-22 at London Normal School, informed the audience he had been a resident of Exeter at one time. He worked in the Bank of Commerce during one summer holiday, and told his listeners that if they found their financial condition mixed Up it could possibly be traced back to him. Larry Snider, former chairman of the SHAHS board, commented during his address that he believed the school to be the best in Ontario. However, a former teacher, Joe Creech, disputed this claim to some extent, although he said he found no objection to calling SHAHS the best in Huron County. The reason of course for his objection to the wider territory is the fact he is now principal of St. Marys Collegiate, and jokingly hinted that his school should not take a back seat to his former stomping grounds. Due to the late seeding this year, are you thinking of growing more beans? 15 YEARS AGO The South Huron Hospital will be built in Riverview Park just as soon as the preliminary de- tails can be completed, a gen- eral meeting of Subscribers de- cided Monday night. Howard Pym of Centralia top- ped the fourth annual Huron county Junior Farmer' judging competition with a total of 593 points in all classes. All scores were out of a possible 650. Lucan dedicated their new community building to the me- mory of their men who died in the service of Canada at a spe- cial service, Sunday. Rev. J. W. Down, former resident of Exeter, recently celebrated his 91st birthday. The Toronto Globe and Mail published his picture with this caption "Rev. Down is the only surviving minister of the Bible Christian Methodist Church. Mickle's have: 50 YEARS AGO Messrs H. E. Huston, B. W.F. Beavers, J. G. Jones and S. M. Sanders from town attended the London Conference of the Metho- dist Church this week. Pupils of Miss Gladys Bissett taking part in her piano recital in the Opera House Monday night were: Misses B. Senior and Dorothy Balkwell, instru- mental duet; Harry Seldon,Car- rie Thomson; Miss M il dr ed Harvey; Miss Margaret Sharp; Miss Lena Coates; Miss Grace Creech; Miss Ruby Parsons; Miss Marjory S el don, piano solos and Misses J. McCullough and Ferne Francis, duet. Mrs. E. Aa Follick has been spending several days at Grand Bend opening up her cottage for the summer. Mr. W. Bradt has secured a position in London with the Imperial Oil Co. and left for that place this week. 1. Excellent Quality, High Germination Seed Available 2. Bean Contracts Which Supply Seed, Fertilizer and Eptam for your Complete Program 3. 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A new epoch in Canadianhis- tory with the introduction of a bill by the government at Ottawa Calling for the registration sip all man power and resources In an effort to defend the Do- minion and assist the United Kingdom. 10 YEARS AGO Charles F. Hooper, 87, found- er of the present egg-grading system, died Monday in Strat- ford General Hospital. He start- ed his egg business in Exeter more then 40 years ago. Miss Marilyn Marshall, Kirkton, was one of five Perth girls in 4-H work to win pro- vincial pins in recognition of the completion of 12 homemak- ing projects. The Elmira Fertilizer Co. has purchased a site for con- struction of a plant in Stephen Township. Creditors United Church, Shipka United °Mira and Main Street, Exeter, have united to form one pastoral charge and have called Rev. 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